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BRCAness Combined With a Family History of Cancer Is Associated With a Poor Prognosis for Breast Cancer Patients With a High Risk of BRCA Mutations.
Clinical breast cancer - 1 Oct 2018
Mori Hitomi, Kubo Makoto, Kai Masaya, Velasquez Vittoria Vanessa, Kurata Kanako, Yamada Mai, Okido Masayuki, Kuroki Syoji, Oda Yoshinao, Nakamura Masafumi
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BACKGROUND: The inexpensive prediction of the characteristics of BRCA-mutated breast cancer as "BRCAness" using the somatic cells of patients with breast cancer could be useful for developing a therapeutic strategy. Our objective was to correlate BRCAness with the clinicopathologic features, including a family history (FH) of cancer, in breast cancer patients with a high risk of BRCA mutations. PATIENTS AND...
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