Clinical follow up of Mexican women with early onset of breast cancer and mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes Estudio de seguimiento clínico de mujeres mexicanas con cáncer de mama de inicio temprano y mutaciones en los genes BRCA1 y BRCA2

• Main Authors: Ana Laura Calderón-Garcidueñas (Author), Pablo Ruiz-Flores (Author), Ricardo M Cerda-Flores (Author), Hugo A Barrera-Saldaña (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: This study describes the presence of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in a group of Mexican women and the clinical evolution of early onset breast cancer (EOBC). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective hospital-based study was performed in a sample of 22 women with EOBC (7 in clinical stage...