LETTER TO JMG Cancer risks in BRCA2 families: estimates for sites other than breast and ovary
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C J van Asperen*, R M Brohet*, E J Meijers-Heijboer, N Hoogerbrugge, S Verhoef, H F A Vasen, M G E M Ausems, F H Menko, E B Gomez Garcia, J G M Klijn, F B L Hogervorst, J C van Houwelingen, L J van’t Veer, M A Rookus, F E van Leeuwen, on behalf of the Netherlands Collaborative Group on Hereditary Breast Cancer (HEBON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cancer risks in BRCA2 families: estimates for sites other than breast and ovary.
BACKGROUND In BRCA2 mutation carriers, increased risks have been reported for several cancer sites besides breast and ovary. As most of the families included in earlier reports were selected on the basis of multiple breast/ovarian cancer cases, it is possible that risk estimates may differ in mutation carriers with a less striking family history. METHODS In the Netherlands, 139 BRCA2 families...
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