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Cost effectiveness of population based BRCA1 founder mutation testing in Sephardi Jewish women.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 2018
Patel Shreeya, Legood Rosa, Evans D Gareth, Turnbull Clare, Antoniou Antonis C, Menon Usha, Jacobs Ian, Manchanda Ranjit
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Population-based BRCA1/BRCA2 founder-mutation testing has been demonstrated as cost effective compared with family history based testing in Ashkenazi Jewish women. However, only 1 of the 3 Ashkenazi Jewish BRCA1/BRCA2 founder mutations (185delAG[c.68_69delAG]), 5382insC[c.5266dupC]), and 6174delT[c.5946delT]) is found in the Sephardi Jewish population (185delAG[c.68_69delAG]), and the overall...
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