Population prevalence of hereditary breast cancer phenotypes and implementation of a genetic cancer risk assessment program in southern Brazil

Population prevalence of hereditary breast cancer phenotypes and implementation of a genetic cancer risk assessment program in southern Brazil

In 2004, a population-based cohort (the Núcleo Mama Porto Alegre - NMPOA Cohort) was started in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil and within that cohort, a hereditary breast cancer study was initiated, aiming to determine the prevalence of hereditary breast cancer phenotypes and evaluate acceptance of a...

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Main Authors: Edenir I. Palmero, Maira Caleffi, Lavínia Schüler-Faccini, Fernanda L. Roth, Luciane Kalakun, Cristina Brinkmann Oliveira Netto, Giovana Skonieski, Juliana Giacomazzi, Bernadete Weber, Roberto Giugliani, Suzi A. Camey, Patricia Ashton-Prolla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2009-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
breast cancer
genetic counseling
hereditary cancer syndromes
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