Cascade screening in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cody, Nuala ^a   Green, A ^a   McDevitt, T ^a   Lynch, S A ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 51249119718     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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