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Hereditary breast cancer.
The British journal of surgery - 1 Oct 1997
Hill A D, Doyle J M, McDermott E W, O'Higgins N J
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary breast cancer is thought to account for less than 10 per cent of all breast cancers. Recently there have been significant advances in understanding of the genetics, with the sequencing of the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 which are associated with hereditary breast cancer. METHODS AND RESULTS: Current understanding of hereditary breast cancer and its impact on the management of women with this...
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