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Double mutation of APC and BRCA1 in an Italian family.
Cancer genetics - 1 Jun 2020
Vietri Maria Teresa, D'Elia Giovanna, Caliendo Gemma, Casamassimi Amelia, Resse Marianna, Passariello Luana, Cioffi Michele, Molinari Anna Maria
Abstract excerpt
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a rare genetic disorder caused mainly by monoallelic mutations of APC gene. The hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease, which mostly predisposes to breast and ovarian cancers as a result of germline mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. In a family, mutations in two cancer susceptibility genes are extremely rare. We...
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