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BRCA mutations in women with inflammatory breast cancer.
Cancer - 1 Feb 2018
Gutierrez Barrera Angelica M, Fouad Tamer M, Song Juhee, Webster Rachel, Elsayegh Nisreen, Wood Anita L, Demir Atakan, Litton Jennifer K, Ueno Naoto T, Arun Banu K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) often affects women at a relatively young age. To the authors' knowledge, the rate of BRCA variants among patients with IBC is not known. To determine the association between BRCA status and IBC, the authors evaluated its rate and compared the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with IBC with those of patients with other breast cancers (non-IBC). METHODS:...
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