Cancer risk management decisions of women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 variants of uncertain significance

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-212

  Ready, Kaylene ^a   Gutierrez Barrera, Angelica M ^a   Amos, Christopher ^a   Meric Bernstam, Funda ^a   Lu, Karen ^a   Hortobagyi, Gabriel ^a   Arun, Banu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VARIANT OF UNCERTAIN SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79952762082     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.01055.x     Document Type: Letter

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