Optimal age for genetic cancer predisposition testing in hereditary SMARCA4 Ovarian Cancer Families: How young is too young?
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type is a rare, aggressive, and typically fatal ovarian cancer that primarily affects young women less than 40 years of age. It is caused by a pathogenic variant in the SMARCA4 gene, with nearly half of patients found to have germline pathogenic varia...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-05-01
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Series: | Gynecologic Oncology Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352578920300357 |