Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risks Due to Inherited Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2

MC King, JH Marks, JB Mandell - Science, 2003 - science.org
… women with inherited mutations in the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. We …
The lifetime risk of breast cancer among female mutation carriers was 82%, similar to risks …

[HTML][HTML] Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer due to mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2

N Petrucelli, MB Daly, GL Feldman - Genetics in Medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
… of hereditary forms of both breast and ovarian cancer. The overall prevalence of BRCA1/2
mutations is … to vary within families with the same BRCA1/2 mutation. This suggests there is no …

BRCA1 and BRCA2 and the genetics of breast and ovarian cancer

PL Welcsh, MC King - Human molecular genetics, 2001 - academic.oup.com
… Second, does loss of BRCA1 or BRCA2 expression play a role in … with inherited mutations
in these genes? In this review, we present a model that may explain these paradoxes of BRCA

Contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations to inherited ovarian cancer

SJ Ramus, PA Harrington, C Pye… - … mutation, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… The remaining six BRCA1 genomic alterations were previously … the 25 BRCA2 mutations
identified was a large genomic deletion of exons 19–20. The prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and the risk for colorectal cancer

V Sopik, C Phelan, C Cybulski, SA Narod - Clinical genetics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations for colorectal cancer. Accurate knowledge of colorectal
cancer risk in BRCA1/2 … risk for colorectal cancer in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers were in high-risk …

Founder mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes

R Ferla, V Calo, S Cascio, G Rinaldi, G Badalamenti… - Annals of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… where founder mutations have been identified in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes (Tables
1 and 2). The identification of the ethnic group of families undergoing genetic counseling …

Population genetics of BRCA1 and BRCA2.

CI Szabo, MC King - American journal of human genetics, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BRCA1 and BRCA2 have each undergone multiple mu… of mutant alleles on genetic fitness.
This issue of the Journal includes analyses of inherited mutations in BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 in …

Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations in patients with early-onset breast cancer

J Peto, N Collins, R Barfoot, S Seal… - Journal of the …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
… To clarify the contribution of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 to breast cancer incidence in
… with early-onset breast cancer from the UK for mutations in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. …

Pathology of familial breast cancer: differences between breast cancers in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations and sporadic cases

MR Stratton - The Lancet, 1997 - thelancet.com
… a hereditary predisposition to the disease. We aimed to compare the histological features
of breast cancer in women carrying mutations in the susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2

[HTML][HTML] BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and treatment strategies for breast cancer

I Godet, DM Gilkes - Integrative cancer science and therapeutics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… factors involved will determine the inherited cancer risk. Inherited mutations in the BRCA1
or BRCA2 genes have been well-described, but mutations in ATM, CDH1, CHEK2, PALB2, …