BRCA1 genetic testing in a Pakistani breast-ovarian cancer family with multiple consanguineous marriages

Clin Genet. 2015 Aug;88(2):198-9. doi: 10.1111/cge.12533. Epub 2014 Nov 28.

Authors

M U Rashid^{1

2}, N Muhammad¹, K Iqbal¹, H A Yusuf^{1

3}, U Hamann²

Affiliations

¹ Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan.
² Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ University of Manchester Medical School, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 25430881
DOI: 10.1111/cge.12533

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

BRCA1 Protein / genetics*
Breast Neoplasms / genetics
Consanguinity
Family
Female
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Testing
Humans
Middle Aged
Ovarian Neoplasms / epidemiology
Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics*
Pakistan / epidemiology
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms / genetics*

Substances

BRCA1 Protein
BRCA1 protein, human

Supplementary concepts

Breast Cancer, Familial