A common mutation in BRCA2 that predisposes to a variety of cancers is found in both Jewish Ashkenazi and non-Jewish individuals

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3409-3414

  Berman, David B ^a   Costalas, Josephine ^a   Schultz, David C ^a   Grana, Generosa ^b   Daly, Mary ^a   Godwin, Andrew K ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029680501     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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