Breast Cancer Genetics
Studies from Sahlgrenska University, Department of Oncology in the area of breast cancer genetics published
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 6th, 2010
A report, 'BRCA1 gene mutations may explain more than 80% of excess number of ovarian cancer cases after breast cancer - a population based study from the Western Sweden Health Care region,' is newly published data in Acta Oncologica. "In a previous cohort study, we showed that there was a significant variation in the frequency of ovarian cancer after having breast cancer in Sweden, with the highest risk occuring in the Western region. The present study aimed to evaluate whether the high prevalence of the founder mutation BRCA1 3171ins5 may explain the excess number of ovarian cancer," investigators in Goteborg, Sweden report.
"Among more than 26 000 women with...
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