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A current case in point is testing for mutations in the hereditary breast/ovarian cancer genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2). The details of BRCA testing are complex and can be confus- ing. Only a small group of women are suitable candidates for BRCA testing (e.g., women with strong family ...
Others have confirmed this observationl8-20; for example, Woodage et al.'%ave confirmed the relatively high frequency of this mu- tation, finding 7.2% of over 5,000 Ashkenazi Jews to be carriers. Heredity non-polyposis colon cancer Germline mutations in five mismatch repair-related genes (hMS...
Next-generation sequencing technologies have ushered in the capability to assess multiple genes in parallel for genetic alterations that may contribute to inherited risk for cancers in families. Thus, gene panel testing is now an option in the setting of genetic counseling and testing for cancer risk...
SUGGESTED for you Furthermore, the anticipated use of sophisticated "multiplex" cancer gene testing at Dana-Farber varied widely in the survey sample, which included medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists. Multiplex testingallows for the simultaneous analysis of many genes and their variants. ...
来自 cancerresearchuk.org 喜欢 0 阅读量: 7 作者: Cancer Research UK 摘要: This page is about testing genes in breast cancer cells to see how likely the cancer is to come back (gene expression profiling tests). DOI: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org 年份: 2014 ...