Article
[Hereditary predisposition for cancer of the breast and the ovary].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Oct 1993
Lalle P, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Mazoyer S, Rio P, Girodet C, Hardouin A, Narod S A, Sobol H, Bignon Y J
Abstract excerpt
Familial breast cancers represent about 10% of all cases of breast cancers. A predisposition locus has been located in the 17q21 chromosomal region. Nineteen French breast and breast-ovarian cancer families were tested for linkage with five highly polymorphic 17q markers. The five breast-ovarian...
Topics
- Adult
- Breast Neoplasms
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Female
- France
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Menopause
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Pedigree
