Clinical and genetic characterization of hereditary breast cancer in a Chinese population
Abstract Background Breast cancer develops as a result of multiple gene mutations in combination with environmental risk factors. Causative variants in genes such as BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 have been shown to account for hereditary nature of certain breast cancers. However,other genes, such as ATM, PALB2...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13053-017-0079-4 |