Ovarian carcinoma in patients with BRCA mutation - a correlation between the growing pattern of peritoneal implants evaluated by CT/MRI and the genotype BRCA1 and BRCA2
Abstract Background Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer. The risk of developing ovarian cancer is significantly increased in patients that carry a genetic mutation of tumor suppressor gene BRCA1 or BRCA2. The majority of BRCA-associated ovarian/fallopian tube cancers...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-04-01
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Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00183-5 |