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Investigating the effects of additional truncating variants in DNA-repair genes on breast cancer ris...

Investigating the effects of additional truncating variants in DNA-repair genes on breast cancer ris...

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Investigating the effects of additional truncating variants in DNA-repair genes on breast cancer risk in BRCA1-positive women

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Investigating the effects of additional truncating variants in DNA-repair genes on breast cancer risk in BRCA1-positive women

Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC cancer, 2019-08, Vol.19 (1), p.787-787, Article 787

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Inherited pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most common causes of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC). The risk of developing breast cancer by age 80 in women carrying a BRCA1 pathogenic variant is 72%. The lifetime risk varies between families and even within affected individuals of the same family. The cause of this variabili...

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Investigating the effects of additional truncating variants in DNA-repair genes on breast cancer risk in BRCA1-positive women

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3ef5711bdd6a4d41a69af27397cb98dc

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3ef5711bdd6a4d41a69af27397cb98dc

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ISSN

1471-2407

E-ISSN

1471-2407

DOI

10.1186/s12885-019-5946-0

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