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Mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2 and other breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes in Central and South American populations.
Biological research - 6 Oct 2017
Jara Lilian, Morales Sebastian, de Mayo Tomas, Gonzalez-Hormazabal Patricio, Carrasco Valentina, Godoy Raul
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy among women worldwide. A major advance in the understanding of the genetic etiology of BC was the discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) genes, which are considered high-penetrance BC genes. In non-carriers of BRCA1/2 mutations, disease susceptibility may be explained of a small number of mutations in BRCA1/2 and a much higher proportion of mutations in...
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