The recent discovery of the breast cancer-associated genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 has changed the clinical care provided to women at high risk of breast cancer. We will review what is currently known about the clinical management of patients who bear (or are suspected of bearing) mutations in either of the
Complex germline rearrangement of BRCA1 associated with breast and ovarian cancer
โ Scribed by Shannon R. Payne; Beth Newman; Mary-Claire King
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1045-2257
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