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Prevalence of mutations in BRCA and MMR genes in patients affected with hereditary endometrial cancer.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 23 Jan 2021
Vietri Maria Teresa, D'Elia Giovanna, Caliendo Gemma, Casamassimi Amelia, Federico Alessandro, Passariello Luana, Cioffi Michele, Molinari Anna Maria
Abstract excerpt
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the fifth most common cancer in women from developed countries, accounting for 4.8% of new cases and 2.1% of deaths. The genetic basis for the familial risk of endometrial cancer has not been completely defined. Mostly, hereditary EC is part of two syndromes as Lynch syndrome (LS) and Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome (HBOC). LS is the prototypical hereditary cancer syndrome...
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