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Prevalence and spectrum of germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in multiethnic cohort of breast cancer patients in Brunei Darussalam.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2025
Matusin Siti Nur Idayu, Mumin Nuramalina, Zainal Abidin Hazirah, Mohd Jaya Fatin Nurizzati, Lu Zen Huat, Haji Abdul Hamid Mas Rina Wati
Abstract excerpt
This is the first genetic study of its kind in Brunei Darussalam. BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most well-known and well described predictors of hereditary breast cancer due to their clinical importance. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and mutation spectrum of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations among 120 unselected series of Brunei breast cancer patients. We screened the entire coding region of...
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- Humans
- Female
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Breast Neoplasms
- Middle Aged
- Adult
