Familial breast cancer. BRCA1 down, BRCA2 to go.
The breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 has been cloned and a second susceptibility gene, BRCA2, chromosomally mapped; will most breast and ovarian cancer turn out to be familial?
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Wolfson Laboratory for Molecular Pathology, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics
D005819:Genetic Markers