Hereditary Ovarian Cancer: Not Only BRCA 1 and 2 Genes

More than one-fifth of ovarian tumors have hereditary susceptibility and, in about 65–85% of these cases, the genetic abnormality is a germline mutation in BRCA genes. Nevertheless, several other suppressor genes and oncogenes have been associated with hereditary ovarian cancers, including the misma...

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Main Authors: Toss, Angela, Tomasello, Chiara, Razzaboni, Elisabetta, Contu, Giannina, Grandi, Giovanni, Cagnacci, Angelo, Schilder, Russell J., Cortesi, Laura
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449870/