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Breast Cancer
Research conducted at M. Krajc and co-authors has provided new information about breast cancer
December 4th, 2008
According to recent research from Ljubljana, Slovenia, "Both recurrent and population specific mutations have been found in different areas of the world and more specifically in ethnically defined or isolated populations. The population of Slovenia has over several centuries undergone limited mixing with surrounding populations." "The current study was aimed at establishing the mutation spectrum of BRCA1/2 in the Slovenian breast/ovarian cancer families taking advantage of a complete cancer registration database. A second objective was to determine the cancer phenotype of these families. The original population database was composed of cancer patients from the Institute...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-04)
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