Germline sequence variants contributing to cancer susceptibility in South African breast cancer patients of African ancestry

Abstract Since the discovery of the breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, various other genes conferring an increased risk for breast cancer have been identified. Studies to evaluate sequence variants in cancer predisposition genes among women of African ancestry are limited and mostl...

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Main Authors: Dewald Eygelaar, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Fourie Joubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04791-1