Inherited predisposition to breast/ovarian cancer : the frequency and nature of BRCA1 gene mutations in South African families

Inherited predisposition to breast/ovarian cancer : the frequency and nature of BRCA1 gene mutations in South African families

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in South African women. Approximately 5¬10% of all breast cancer cases are due to an inherited predisposition, resulting from mutations in tumour suppressor genes. The BRCA1 gene on chromosome 17q is one such tumour suppressor gene, that when mutated confers a...

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Main Author: Yawitch, Tali Michelle
Other Authors: Prof E J Van Rensburg
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Heredity
Ovaries tumors
Breast cancer
Brca1 gene mutations
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30470
Yawitch, TM 2001, Inherited predisposition to breast/ovarian cancer : the frequency and nature of BRCA1 gene mutations in South African families, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30470 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12212005-083453/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30470
Yawitch, TM 2001, Inherited predisposition to breast/ovarian cancer : the frequency and nature of BRCA1 gene mutations in South African families, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30470 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12212005-083453/

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