Prevalence of BRCA mutations among hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer patients in Arab countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence of BRCA mutations among hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer patients in Arab countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background To systematically assess the prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations in women with Hereditary Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) in Arab countries and to describe the variability in the BRCA gene mutations in different regions of the Arab world. Methods Observational studie...

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Main Authors: Khadiga Abdulrashid, Nour AlHussaini, Wifag Ahmed, Lukman Thalib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
BRCA mutations
Familial breast cancer
Familial ovarian cancer
Arab countries
Systematic review, meta-analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5463-1

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