BRCA1 mutations in southern England.

doi:10.1038/bjc.1998.366

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BRCA1 mutations in southern England.

British journal of cancer - 1 Jun 1998

Eccles D M, Englefield P, Soulby M A, Campbell I G

Abstract excerpt

If genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer predisposition is to become available within a public health care system there needs to be a rational and cost-effective approach to mutation analysis. We have screened for BRCA1 mutations in 230 women with breast cancer, all from the Wessex region...

Topics

Adult
Breast Neoplasms
DNA Mutational Analysis
DNA, Neoplasm
England
Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genetic Testing
Humans
Mutation
Ovarian Neoplasms
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational

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