The prevalence of BRCA1 mutations among young women with triple-negative breast cancer

2009273 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

S. R. Young · University of South Carolina

Robert Pilarski · Cancer Genetics (United States)

Talia Donenberg · University of Miami

Charles L. Shapiro · The Ohio State University

Lyn S. Hammond · Medical University of South Carolina

Judith Miller · University of Illinois Chicago

Karen Brooks

Abstract

Women with early-onset triple-negative breast cancer are candidates for genetic testing for BRCA1, even in the absence of a family history of breast or ovarian cancer.

Topics & Keywords

BRCA gene mutations in cancer Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics DNA Repair Mechanisms

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Cancer

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 86-86

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-86

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