The frequency of cancer predisposition gene mutations in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer patients in Taiwan: From BRCA1/2 to multi-gene panels.

An important role of genetic factors in the development of breast cancer (BC) or ovarian cancer (OC) in Taiwanese (ethnic Chinese) patients has been suggested. However, other than germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, which are related to hereditary breast-ovarian cancer (HBOC), cancer-predisposition g...

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Main Authors: Pi-Lin Sung, Kuo-Chang Wen, Yi-Jen Chen, Ta-Chung Chao, Yi-Fang Tsai, Ling-Ming Tseng, Jian-Tai Timothy Qiu, Kuan-Chong Chao, Hua-Hsi Wu, Chi-Mu Chuang, Peng-Hui Wang, Chi-Ying F Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5621677?pdf=render