Article
A collaborative survey of 80 mutations in the BRCA1 breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene. Implications for presymptomatic testing and screening.
JAMA - 15 Feb 1995
Shattuck-Eidens D, McClure M, Simard J, Labrie F, Narod S, Couch F, Hoskins K, Weber B, Castilla L, Erdos M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To report the initial experience of an international group of investigators in identifying mutations in the BRCA1 breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene, to assess the spectrum of such mutations in samples from patients with different family histories of cancer, and to determin...
Topics
- Adult
- BRCA1 Protein
- Breast Neoplasms
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Sensitivity and Specificity
