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February 24, 2009CancerOpen Access

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in women of different ethnicities undergoing testing for hereditary breast‐ovarian cancer

Michael J. Hall Julia Reid Lynn Anne Burbidge Dmitry Pruss Amie M. Deffenbaugh Cynthia Frye Richard Wenstrup Brian E. Ward Thomas Scholl Walter W. Noll

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Abstract

Mutation prevalence was found to be high among women who were referred for clinical BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing, and the risk was similar across diverse ethnicities. BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing is integral to cancer risk assessment in all high-risk women.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69da187c84371aa676a3c941 https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24200

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