Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Moving Beyond BRCA1 and 2. Issue 3 (March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scalia-Wilbur, Jennifer; Colins, Bradley L.; Penson, Richard T.; Dizon, Don S.
• Is Part Of: Obstetrical & gynecological survey. Volume 71:Issue 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Subjects: Obstetrics -- Periodicals; Gynecology -- Periodicals; Generative organs, Female -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 618
• DOI: 10.1097/OGX.0000000000000297
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-7828

Abstract

Abstract : Obstet Gynecol Surv 2016;71(3):156–157 Women carrying germ line mutations of the BRCA gene are at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Since the discovery of the BRCA1 gene in 1994 and the BRCA2 gene 1 year later, efforts have been made to develop effective screening methods for detection of breast cancer.