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SUBMITTER: Rashid MU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4995655 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rashid Muhammad Usman MU Muhammad Noor N Bajwa Seerat S Faisal Saima S Tahseen Muhammad M Bermejo Justo Lorenzo JL Amin Asim A Loya Asif A Hamann Ute U
BMC cancer 20160823 1
<h4>Background</h4>Women harboring BRCA1/2 germline mutations have high lifetime risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer. The recommendation to pursue BRCA1/2 testing is based on patient's family history of breast/ovarian cancer, age of disease-onset and/or pathologic parameters of breast tumors. Here, we investigated if diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) independently increases risk of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation in Pakistan.<h4>Methods</h4>Five hundred and twenty-three breast c ...[more]