Contribution of BRCA1 mutations to ovarian cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1125-1130

  Stratton, John F ^a,e   Gayther, Simon A ^b   Russell, Paul ^b   Dearden, Jo ^b   Gore, Martin ^c   Blake, Peter ^c   Easton, Doug ^d   Ponder, Bruce A J ^a,b  

^a WellBeing Ovarian Cancer Res Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC COUNSELING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031003498     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199704173361602     Document Type: Article

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