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Editorial

Neva Haites,  Iain Brown,  Ben Milner,  Michael Steel, 
  • Page: 1
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Current Policies for Surveillance and Management in Women at Risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Survey among 16 European Family Cancer Clinics

H. F. A. Vasen,  N. E. Haites,  D. G. R. Evans,  C. M. Steel,  P. Møller,  S. Hodgson,  D. Eccles,  P. Morrison,  D. Stoppa-Lyonnet,  J. Chang-Claude,  M. Caligo,  European Familial Breast Cancer Collaborative Group, 
  • Page: 47
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Clinical Genetic Services for Familial Breast Cancer in Poland

J. Gronwald,  J. Menkiszak,  T. Huzarski,  T. Byrski,  A. Jakubowska,  S. Zajàczek,  A. Toloczko,  J. Podolski,  B. Górecka,  H. Zdziebkowska,  P. Stanislawski,  M. Stawicka,  J. Lubinski, 
  • Page: 46
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Genetic Counseling and Clinical Management in Italy

Barbara Pasini,  Marco A. Pierotti, 
  • Pages: 41-43
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Cancer Genetics Services in the UK

Shirley V. Hodgson, 
  • Pages: 44-45
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Cancer Genetics Services in Northern Ireland

P. J. Morrison,  N. C. Nevin, 
  • Pages: 37-40
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Familial Breast Cancer: Clinical Services in the Netherlands

Fred H. Menko, 
  • Pages: 31-33
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Breast Cancer Screening in High-Risk Women

C. T. M. Brekelmans,  C. C. M. Bartels,  E. Crepin,  A. N. van Geel,  H. Meijers-Heijboer,  C. Seynaeve,  M. M. A. Tilanus-Linthorst,  L. C. Verhoog,  A. Wagner,  J. G. M. Klijn, 
  • Pages: 34-36
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Four Years Analysis of Cancer Genetic Clinics Activity in France from 1994 to 1997: A Survey on 801 Patients

Hagay Sobol,  Yves-Jean Bignon,  Catherine Bonaiti,  Jean Cuisenier,  Christine Lasset,  Alain Lortholary,  Catherine Noguès,  Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet,  François Eisinger,  The French Cooperative Network/Groupe Génétique et Cancer de la Fédération Nationale des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer, 
  • Pages: 15-29
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Cancer Genetics Services in Europe

S. Hodgson,  B. Milner,  I. Brown,  G. Bevilacqua,  J. Chang-Claude,  D. Eccles,  G. Evans,  H. Gregory,  P. Møller,  P. Morrison,  M. Steel,  D. Stoppa-Lyonnet,  H. Vasen,  N. Haites, 
  • Pages: 3-13
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Italian Tamoxifen Prevention Trial

B. Bonanni,  U. Veronesi, 
  • Pages: 199-200
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Role of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (BPMX) in Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer

A. D. Baildam, 
  • Pages: 197-198
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Genetic Counselling and Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: The Gent(le) Approach

M. De Vos,  B. Poppe,  I. Delvaux,  G. Mortier,  K. Claes,  L. Messiaen,  A. De Paepe, 
  • Pages: 191-195
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Efficacy of Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer

Pål Møller,  Marta M. Reis,  Gareth Evans,  Hans Vasen,  Neva Haites,  Elaine Anderson,  C. Michael Steel,  Jaran Apold,  Fiona Lalloo,  Lovise Mæhle,  Paul Preece,  Helen Gregory,  Ketil Heimdal,  European Familial Breast Cancer Collaborative Group, 
  • Pages: 179-186
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer

D. M. Eccles,  P. Simmonds,  J. Goddards,  M. Coultas,  F. Lalloo,  G. Evans,  N. Haites, 
  • Pages: 187-189
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Predicting Inherited Cancers: The Actuarial Implications

Angus S. Macdonald, 
  • Page: 177
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Economics of Genetics from a Health Commissioning Point of View

Richard D. Turner, 
  • Pages: 175-176
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Insurance Implications for Individuals with a High Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Europe

P. J. Morrison,  C. M. Steel,  H. F. A. Vasen,  D. Eccles,  D. G. R. Evans,  P. Møller,  S. Hodgson,  D. Stoppa-Lyonnet,  J. Chang-Claude,  M. Caligo,  E. Olah,  N. E. Haites,  N. C. Nevin, 
  • Pages: 159-165
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Costs and Benefits of Diagnosing Familial Breast Cancer

Ketil Heimdal,  Lovise Mæhle,  Pål Møller, 
  • Pages: 167-173
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Teaching Breast Cancer Genetics to Medical Students: Evaluation of a Computer Assister Learning (CAL) Package

Z. Miedzybrodzka,  N. M. Hamilton,  H. Gregory,  B. Milner,  I. Frade,  T. Sinclair,  J. Mollison,  N. Haites, 
  • Page: 157
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Guidelines for Follow-Up of Women at High Risk for Inherited Breast Cancer: Consensus Statement from the Biomed 2 Demonstration Programme on Inherited Breast Cancer

P. Møller,  G. Evans,  N. Haites,  H. Vasen,  M. M. Reis,  E. Anderson,  J. Apold,  S. Hodgson,  D. Eccles,  H. Olsson,  D. Stoppa-Lyonnet,  J. Chang-Claude,  P. J. Morrison,  G. Bevilacqua,  K. Heimdal,  L. Mæhle,  F. Lalloo,  H. Gregory,  P. Preece,  Å. Borg,  N. C. Nevin,  M. Caligo,  C. M. Steel, 
  • Pages: 207-211
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Use of Cytology to Diagnose Inherited Breast Cancer

Pål Møller,  Gareth Evans,  Elaine Anderson,  Lovise Mæhle,  Fiona Lalloo,  Ketil R. Heimdal,  C. Michael Steel,  The Biomed 2 Demonstration Programme on Inherited Breast Cancer, 
  • Page: 206
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Mutation-Specific Survival of Inherited Breast Cancer

P. Møller,  Å. Borg,  G. Evans,  N. Haites,  C. M. Steel,  H. Vasen,  H. Gregory,  S. Hodgson,  J. Apold,  F. Lalloo,  L. Mæhle,  E. Anderson,  K. Heimdal,  The Biomed 2 Demonstration Programme on Inherited Breast Cancer, 
  • Page: 205
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Management of Breast Cancer in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers

R. A. Eeles,  R. Camplejohn,  J. Peacock,  T. McMillan, 
  • Page: 204
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Audit of Women Attending the Aberdeen Genetic Clinic with a Family History of Breast Cancer who Subsequently Develop Cancer

Helen Gregory,  Barbara Gibbons,  Neva Haites, 
  • Pages: 201-203
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Risk Estimation and Pedigree Analysis

C. J. Chapman, 
  • Page: 119
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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A Second Family with Probable CRAC (Colorectal Adenomata and Carcinoma) Syndrome—A New Familial Cancer

P. J. Morrison,  C. E. Chu,  N. C. Nevin, 
  • Pages: 120-122
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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A Fast, Highly Sensitive and Cheap Tool for Mutation Analysis of Complex Genes

Norbert Arnold,  Eva Groß,  Ulrike Schwarz-Boeger,  Jacobus Pfisterer,  Walter Jonat,  Marion Kiechle, 
  • Page: 118
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Oligonucleotide Array for Mutation Analysis in Familial Breast Cancer

Andres Metspalu,  Krista Kaasik,  Neeme Tõnisson,  Ants Kurg, 
  • Page: 117
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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New Screening Techniques for Breast Cancer (MRI)

Fiona J. Gilbert, 
  • Pages: 115-116
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Future of DNA Diagnostics

Gregory C. Critchfield, 
  • Pages: 108-111
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Pathology of Hereditary Breast Cancer

Sunil R. Lakhani, 
  • Pages: 113-114
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Familial Breast Cancer in Southern Finland

Hannaleena Eerola,  Carl Blomqvist,  Seppo Pyrhönen,  Heli Nevanlinna, 
  • Page: 105
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Future of DNA Diagnostics

Mark H. Skolnick, 
  • Pages: 106-107
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Ukraine, Its Clinical and Genetic Special Features in Women from Kiev Region

K. P. Ganina,  L. A. Naleskina,  N. V. Boroday,  Z. P. Fedorenko,  R. E. Kavetsky, 
  • Page: 104
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Mutation Analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Italian Hereditary and Sporadic Forms of Breast and Ovarian Cancers: Tumor Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Breast Cancer BRCA-Mutation Carriers

G. Cipollini,  C. Ghimenti,  E. Sensi,  D. Iandolo,  A. Piccirilli,  A. Berti,  G. Naccarato,  P. Viacava,  D. Campani,  G. Bevilacqua,  M. A. Caligo, 
  • Pages: 101-102
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Germline Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Polish Families Predisposed to Breast and Ovary Cancers

E. Grzybowska,  A. Jasinska,  P. Kozlowski,  H. Zientek,  W. Krzyzosiak,  B. Utracka-Hutka,  J. Wloch,  J. Rogozinska-Szczepka, 
  • Page: 103
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Acceptance of Testing for Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer: The Attitude of Medical Professionals

E. Simeonov,  S. Shopova,  B. Dimitrov, 
  • Page: 155
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Development and Evaluation of Educational Materials for Primary Care on Familial Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer

Eila Watson,  Anne Andermann,  Alison Ciements,  Anneke Lucassen,  Joan Austoker, 
  • Page: 156
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Psychosocial Implications of Prophylactic Bilateral Mastectomy

H. M. Bebbington,  L. J. Fallowfield, 
  • Page: 154
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Utilisation of Prophylactic Mastectomy in 10 European Centres

D. G. R. Evans,  E. Anderson,  F. Lalloo,  H. Vasen,  M. Beckmann,  D. Eccles,  S. Hodgson,  P. Møller,  J. Chang-Claude,  P. Morrison,  D. Stoppa-Lyonnet,  M. Steel,  N. Haites, 
  • Pages: 148-151
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Psychosocial Aspects of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Psychological Guidelines for Genetic Testing

M. Decruyenaere,  G. Evers-Kiebooms,  E. Claes,  L. Denayer,  M. Welkenhuysen,  E. Legius,  K. Demyttenaere, 
  • Pages: 152-153
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Genetic Nurses and Counsellors—Preparation for Practice with Families at Risk of Familial Cancer

Heather Skirton, 
  • Pages: 145-147
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Genetic Testing for Familial Breast Cancer—Ethical Questions Concerning Individual Rights and Social Responsibility

Sigrid Graumann, 
  • Pages: 136-138
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Uptake of Genetic Testing and Pre-Test Levels of Mental Distress in Norwegian Families with Known BRCA1 Mutations

Jon G. Reichelt,  Alv A. Dahl,  Ketil Heimdal,  Pål Møller, 
  • Pages: 139-143
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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A Patient’s Perspective on Breast Cancer and the Implications of Genetic Testing

Vida Zabric, 
  • Pages: 133-135
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Ethical, Social and Economic Issues in Familial Breast Cancer: A Compilation of Views from the E.C. Biomed II Demonstration Project

Michael Steel,  Elizabeth Smyth,  Hans Vasen,  Diana Eccles,  Gareth Evans,  Pål Møller,  Shirley Hodgson,  Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet,  Jenny Chang-Claude,  Maria Caligo,  Patrick Morrison,  Neva Haites, 
  • Pages: 125-131
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Low Incidence of Germline and Somatic Alterations in the E-Cadherin Gene in Lobular Breast Carcinoma

R. K. Schmutzler,  P. Derakhshandeh-Peykar,  D. Freihoff,  O. Brandau,  A. Meindl, 
  • Page: 123
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Ras Genes in Human Breast Cancer

Spiros Miyakis,  George Sourvinos,  Demetrios A. Spandidos, 
  • Page: 124
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Mutation Analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in the Belgian Patient Population and Identification of a Belgian Founder Mutation BRCA1 IVS5+3A>G

Kathleen Claes,  Eva Machackova,  Michel De Vos,  Bruce Poppe,  Anne De Paepe,  Ludwine Messiaen, 
  • Pages: 69-73
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Predisposition in 1999: Which Molecular Strategy and which Family Criteria?

D. Stoppa-Lyonnet,  M. Caligo,  D. Eccles,  D. G. R. Evans,  N. E. Haites,  N. S. Hodgson,  P. Møller,  P. J. Morrison,  C. M. Steel,  H. F. A. Vasen,  J. Chang-Claude, 
  • Pages: 67-68
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Risk Estimation as a Decision-Making Tool for Genetic Analysis of the Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes

Jenny Chang-Claude,  Heiko Becher,  Maria Caligo,  Diana Eccles,  Gareth Evans,  Neva Haites,  Shirley Hodgson,  Pål Møller,  Bernhard H. F. Weber,  Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, 
  • Pages: 53-65
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Program for Genetic Monitoring of Breast Cancer Patients and Their Families

B. Radeva, 
  • Page: 51
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Czech Republic: Genetic Counseling in High-Risk Breast/Ovarian Cancer Families

L. Foretova,  E. Machackova,  D. Valik,  L. Messiaen, 
  • Page: 50
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Clinical Cancer Genetic Service in Sweden

Ulf Kristoffersson, 
  • Page: 49
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Clinical Services for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Germany

M. W. Beckmann, 
  • Page: 48
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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A Founder Mutation of the BRCA1-Gene in Western Sweden

Zakaria Einbeigi,  Jeane Kindblom,  Lars-Gunnar Kindblom,  Tommy Martinsson,  Mart Suurkula,  Jan Wahlström,  Arne Wallgren,  Per Karlsson, 
  • Page: 99
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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The Molecular Analysis of BRCA1 Mutations in the First Slovak Patients with Suspected Familial Breast Cancer

L. Kulcsar,  V. Bella,  M. Reinerova,  Z. Veselovska,  V. Zajac, 
  • Page: 100
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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BRCA1 Mutation Analysis in 27 Cypriot Families with High Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

A. Hadjisavvas,  A. Adamou,  K. C. Kyriacou,  C. Christodoulou, 
  • Page: 98
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations in Breast/Ovarian Cancer Patients from Central and Southern Italy

Laura Ottini,  Cristina D’Amico,  Cristiana Noviello,  Salvatore Lauro,  Giuseppe Fornarini,  Anna Colantuoni,  Enrico Cortesi,  Sandro Carlini,  Fiorella Guadagni,  Giovanna Masala,  Angelo Raffaele Bianco,  Alma Contegiacomo,  Domenico Palli,  Renato Mariani-Costantini, 
  • Page: 96
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Hereditary Breast Cancer in Latvia: Mutation Analysis of the BRCA1 Gene

L. Tihomirova,  B. Csokay,  A. Stengrevics,  O. Sinicka,  R. Kamerade,  E. Olah, 
  • Page: 97
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in Danish Patients Diagnosed at Young Age with Multi-Centric or Bilateral Breast Cancer

J. T. Bergthorsson,  K. Winther,  K. Fenger,  A. Niebuhr,  S. Klausen,  Å. Borg,  T. Harboe,  B. Ejlertsen,  E. Niebuhr, 
  • Page: 94
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Large Deletions in the BRCA1 Gene Are Not Common in a Set of Familial German Breast Cancer Patients

M. Maringa,  S. Uhlhaas,  E. Kreyer,  W. Friedl,  P. Propping,  R. K. Schmutzler, 
  • Page: 95
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Hereditary Susceptibility to Breast Cancer: Significance of Age of Onset in Family History and Contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2

Thomas S. Frank,  Amie M. Deffenbaugh,  Mark Hulick,  Kathryn Gumpper, 
  • Pages: 89-92
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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BRCA1 Mutation Analysis in a Portuguese Population with Early-Onset Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer

Raquel Soares,  Ronald van Eijk,  Aureliano Dias,  Mónica Botelho,  Carla Costa,  Isabel Amendoeira,  Carlos Lopes,  Peter Devilee,  Fernando Schmitt, 
  • Page: 93
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Inherited Breast Cancer

Aphrodite V. Nonni,  Niki J. Agnantis,  Emmanuel Kontostolis,  Dimitrios Lolis, 
  • Page: 85
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Familial Cancer in Women from the Gomel Region of Belarus

G. M. Porubova,  E. M. Ekimova, 
  • Pages: 86-87
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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BRCA1 1675delA and 1135insA Account for One Third of Norwegian Familial Breast-Ovarian Cancer and Are Associated with Later Disease Onset than Less Frequent Mutations

Åke Borg,  Anne Dørum,  Ketil Heimdal,  Lovise Mæhle,  Eivind Hovig,  Pål Møller, 
  • Pages: 79-84
  • First Published: 17 June 2013
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Molecular Cancer Genetics in Eastern and Central Europe

Edith Olah, 
  • Pages: 75-77
  • First Published: 17 June 2013