Recurrent mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Poland: An update

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-292

  Szwiec, M ^a   Jakubowska, A ^b   Gorski B ^b   Huzarski, T ^b   Tomiczek Szwiec, J ^a   Gronwald, J ^b   Debniak, T ^b   Byrski, T ^b   Kluzniak W ^b   Wokolorczyk D ^b   Birkenfeld, B ^b   Akbari, M R ^c   Narod, S A ^c   Lubinski J ^b   Cybulski, C ^b  

^a Tadeusz Koszarowski Regional Oncology Center   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast cancer; Mutation

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; OVARY CANCER; POLAND; POLISH CITIZEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT MUTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ONSET AGE; OVARY TUMOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922751155     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12360     Document Type: Article

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