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Rapid screening test of most frequent BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic variants in the NGS era.
Neoplasma - 1 Jan 2000
Zidekova D, Waczulikova I, Dolesova L, Vavrova L, Hamidova O, Lohajova Behulova R, Konecny M
Abstract excerpt
The average risk of breast cancer in general Slovak population of women is 4-5% and the risk of ovarian cancer is 2%. Probability of breast/ovarian cancer development is higher in individuals carrying a causative germline DNA variant in BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene responsible for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer (HBOC). Although a major proportion of inherited breast/ovarian cancers are due to the mentioned causal...
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