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Association of Family Cancer History With Pathogenic Variants in Specific Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes.
JCO precision oncology - 1 Jan 2021
Kurian Allison W, Abrahamse Paul, Ward Kevin C, Hamilton Ann S, Deapen Dennis, Berek Jonathan S, Hoang Lily, Yussuf Amal, Dolinsky Jill, Brown Krystal, Slavin Thomas, Hofer Timothy P, Katz Steven J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Family cancer history is an important component of genetic testing guidelines that estimate which patients with breast cancer are most likely to carry a germline pathogenic variant (PV). However, we do not know whether more extensive family history is differentially associated with PVs in specific genes. METHODS: All women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013-2017 and reported to statewide SEER...
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