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Association of Genetic Testing Results With Mortality Among Women With Breast Cancer or Ovarian Cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 7 Feb 2022
Kurian Allison W, Abrahamse Paul, Bondarenko Irina, Hamilton Ann S, Deapen Dennis, Gomez Scarlett L, Morrow Monica, Berek Jonathan S, Hofer Timothy P, Katz Steven J, Ward Kevin C
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer and ovarian cancer patients increasingly undergo germline genetic testing. However, little is known about cancer-specific mortality among carriers of a pathogenic variant (PV) in BRCA1/2 or other genes in a population-based setting. METHODS: Georgia and California Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry records were linked to clinical genetic testing results. Women were...
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