Prevalence of Pathogenic BRCA1 Mutation Carriers in 5 US Racial/Ethnic Groups

M. John, Esther; Miron, Alexander; Gong, Gail; I. Phipps, Amanda; Felberg, Anna; P. Li, Frederick; W. West, Dee; S. Whittemore, Alice

doi:10.1001/jama.298.24.2869

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Prevalence of Pathogenic BRCA1 Mutation Carriers in 5 US Racial/Ethnic Groups

Published in JAMA • Dec 25, 2007

Authors:

Esther M. John

Alexander Miron

Gail Gong

Abstract

CONTEXT: Information on the prevalence of pathogenic BRCA1 mutation carriers in racial/ethnic minority populations is limited. OBJECTIVE: To estimate BRCA1 carrier prevalence in Hispanic, African American, and Asian American female breast cancer patients compared with non-Hispanic white patients wit...

Subject

Medicine

Ethnic group

Breast cancer

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