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. 2008 Jun 15;6(2):88-98.
doi: 10.1186/1897-4287-6-2-88.

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Jacek Gronwald  1 , Tomasz Byrski, Tomasz Huzarski, Oleg Oszurek, Anna Janicka, Jolanta Szymanska-Pasternak, Bohdan Górski, Janusz Menkiszak, Izabella Rzepka-Górska, Jan Lubinski
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Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Jacek Gronwald et al. Hered Cancer Clin Pract. .
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Figure 1
Family with HOC syndrome and diagnosed constitutional 4153delA BRCA1 gene mutation.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Patient with ovarian cancer and detected 5382insC BRCA1 mutation from family with negative family history.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Family with fulfilled clinical-pedigree criteria "suspected HBC-ss". BRCA1 mutation was not detected.
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