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...
Main Authors: | Khadiga Abdulrashid, Nour AlHussaini, Wifag Ahmed, Lukman Thalib |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5463-1 |
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