Hereditary breast cancer: Identifying and managing BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 45, Issue JAN., 1999, Pages 114-124

  Heisey, Ruth E ^a   Carroll, June C ^a   Warner, Ellen ^a   McCready, David R ^a   Goel, Vivek ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LIFESTYLE; ONCOGENE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIRECTORIES; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 0032970145     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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