Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in breast cancer patients from Brazil

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Gomes, Magda C B ^a,b   Costa, Mauricio M ^a   Borojevic, Radovan ^a   Monteiro, Alvaro N A ^c,d   Vieira, Roberto ^e   Koifman, Sergio ^e   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^e   Li, Song ^f   Royer, Robert ^f   Zhang, Shiyu ^f   Narod, Steven A ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast cancer; Hereditary

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34250664312     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9378-6     Document Type: Article

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