The genetic attributable risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960601)77:11<2318::AID-CNCR21>3.0.CO;2-Z

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The genetic attributable risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Cancer - 1 Jun 1996

Claus E B, Schildkraut J M, Thompson W D, Risch N J

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BACKGROUND: The age-specific proportion of breast and ovarian cancer in the general population that is likely to be due to a breast/ovarian cancer susceptibility gene(s) is estimated. In addition, the age-specific penetrance of ovarian cancer for women predicted to be carriers of a susceptibility...

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Adult
Age Factors
Age of Onset
BRCA1 Protein
BRCA2 Protein
Breast Neoplasms
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Heterozygote
Humans
Life Tables
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Proteins
Oncogenes
Ovarian Neoplasms
Risk
Transcription Factors

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