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Mutation analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in a male breast cancer population.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1997
Friedman L S, Gayther S A, Kurosaki T, Gordon D, Noble B, Casey G, Ponder B A, Anton-Culver H
Abstract excerpt
A population-based series of 54 male breast cancer cases from Southern California were analyzed for germ-line mutations in the inherited breast/ovarian cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. Nine (17%) of the patients had a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer in at least one first-degree relative. A further seven (13%) of the patients reported breast/ovarian cancer in at least one second-degree relative and in...
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