BRCA1, BRCA2 and CHEK2 (1100 del C) Germline Mutations in ...

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BRCA1, BRCA2 and CHEK2 Germline Mutations and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Families

RESEARCH COMMUNICATION BRCA1, BRCA2 and CHEK2 (1100 del C) Germline Mutations in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Families in South India Thangarajan Rajkumar, Nagasamy Soumittra, Nirmala Karunakaran Nancy, Rajaraman Swaminathan, Veluswami Sridevi, Vishwanathan Shanta Abstract Cancer of the breast is the second most common cancer seen among Indian women. This study describes the use of DHPLC for mutation analysis for BRCA1, BRCA2 and CHEK2 (1100delC) in 22 patients with a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer and early onset breast cancer (