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[Initial Dutch results with a presymptomatic DNA tests in familial breast/ovarian carcinoma. Rotterdamse Werkgroep voor Erfelijke Tumoren].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 4 Mar 1995
Klijn J G, Devilee P, van Geel A N, Tilanus-Linthorst M M, Dudok-de Wit C, Meijers-Heijboer E J
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Recent discoveries in the field of molecular-genetic research make it possible to detect an increased genetic risk of tumours, because several genes are linked to hereditary forms of breast cancer. The breast cancer gene BRCA1, located on chromosome 17q, is quantitatively the most important gene so far. A BRCA1 gene mutation is estimated to occur in 1-3 per 1000 women in the general population, i.e. in about...
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