Familial Cancer
New Findings from Mayo Clinic in the Area of Familial Cancer Described
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 27th, 2011
2011 DEC 27 -- New investigation results, "Predicting BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers: comparison of PENN II model to previous study," are detailed in a study published in Familial Cancer. "A number of models have been developed to predict the probability that a person carries a detectable germline mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Their relative performance in a clinical setting is variable," scientists in Rochester, Minnesota report.
"To compare the performance characteristics of a web-based BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutation prediction model: the PENNII model (www.afcri.upenn.edu/itacc/penn2 ), with studies done previously at our institution...
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