Predisposing genes in breast and ovarian cancer: an overview.

doi:10.1177/030089169307900501

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Predisposing genes in breast and ovarian cancer: an overview.

Tumori - 31 Oct 1993

Smith S A, Ponder B A

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The isolation of genes that predispose to familial disease is an important goal in cancer research. The identification of such genes "opens up" the possibility of genetic diagnosis in families so that individuals who are at risk of cancer through inheriting a predisposing mutation can be identifi...

Topics

Ataxia Telangiectasia
Breast Neoplasms
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
Female
Genes, p53
Humans
Mutation
Oncogenes
Ovarian Neoplasms

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