Carcinoid tumor of lung and BRCA mutation: a case report

Abstract Background A BRCA mutation is a mutation in either of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, which are tumor suppressor genes. Hundreds of different types of mutations in these genes have been identified, some of which have been determined to be harmful, whereas others have no proven impact. BRCA mutati...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammed Z. Shariff, Diana Curras-Martin, Natasha Campbell, Varsha Gupta, John D. Mikhail, Michael J. Levitt, Mohammad A. Hossain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2052-5