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Familial breast cancer.
Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer - 1 Jan 1996
Weber B L
Abstract excerpt
Tremendous progress has been made in recent years in understanding the genetic basis of breast cancer. Epidemiological models have been devised which allow risk estimation for women with one or two relatives with breast cancer. The existence of two autosomal dominant breast cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) have been documented. BRCA1 has been isolated and we are beginning to catalog BRCA1 mutations...
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