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Bilateral Disease Common Among Slovenian CHEK2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 May 2021
Nizic-Kos Tea, Krajc Mateja, Blatnik Ana, Stegel Vida, Skerl Petra, Novakovic Srdjan, Gazic Barbara, Besic Nikola
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BACKGROUND: Currently, data on pathogenic variants in the CHEK2 gene and their impact on cancer risk are lacking. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of breast cancer (BC) patients from families with CHEK2 pathogenic variants in Slovenia. METHODS: In the years 2014 to 2019, CHEK2 pathogenic variants/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) were found in probands from 50 different families who underwent...
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