Mutation analysis of the BRCA1 gene in Malaysian breast cancer patients

Thirty patients with early onset breast cancer or familial breast cancer from Malaysia were analysed for germline mutation in the early onset breast cancer I gene (BRCA1). Direct sequencing of the entire coding region of BRCA1 identified a frameshift mutation, c.5447-5448insC (insC5447) (codon 1776...

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Main Authors: Balraj, P., Khoo, A.S.B., Volpi, L., Tan, J.A.M.A., Nair, S., Abdullah, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association 2002
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/3725/1/Mutational_analysis_of_the_BRCA1_gene_in.pdf
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Summary:Thirty patients with early onset breast cancer or familial breast cancer from Malaysia were analysed for germline mutation in the early onset breast cancer I gene (BRCA1). Direct sequencing of the entire coding region of BRCA1 identified a frameshift mutation, c.5447-5448insC (insC5447) (codon 1776 of exon 21) in a patient aged 32 of the Malay ethnic origin, who had no family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer. Eight polymorphisms (2201C > T, 2430T > C, P871L, E1038G, K1183R, 4427T > C, S1613G and IVS8-57delT) were identified in the samples tested.