Screening for germline BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53 and CHEK2 mutations in families at-risk for hereditary breast cancer identified in a population-based study from Southern Brazil

Abstract In Brazil, breast cancer is a public health care problem due to its high incidence and mortality rates. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of hereditary breast cancer syndromes (HBCS) in a population-based cohort in Brazils southernmost capital, Porto Alegre. All participants ans...

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Autor principal: Palmero,Edenir Inêz (author)
Outros Autores: Alemar,Bárbara (author), Schüler-Faccini,Lavínia (author), Hainaut,Pierre (author), Moreira-Filho,Carlos Alberto (author), Ewald,Ingrid Petroni (author), Santos,Patricia Koehler dos (author), Ribeiro,Patricia Lisbôa Izetti (author), Oliveira Netto,Cristina Brinkmann de (author), Calvez-Kelm,Florence Le (author), Tavtigian,Sean (author), Cossio,Silvia Liliana (author), Giugliani,Roberto (author), Caleffi,Maira (author), Ashton-Prolla,Patricia (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2016
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Texto completo:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016000200210
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:scielo:S1415-47572016000200210