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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2003

01.02.2003 | Commentary

Are BRCA1- and BRCA2-related breast cancers associated with increased mortality?

verfasst von: D Gareth Evans, Anthony Howell

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Ausgabe 1/2003

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Abstract

There has been contradictory evidence as to whether BRCA1 associated breast cancers have a poorer prognosis than non-BRCA1 cancers. In this issue of Breast Cancer Research Robson and colleagues provide further evidence for poorer survival in BRCA1 carriers and show that it could be attributed to failure to treat small node-negative grade 3 breast cancers with chemotherapy. There still remains little evidence for a survival difference for BRCA2 related breast cancers. Although the high contralateral breast cancer risk is confirmed by this study there is no real evidence for an increase in ipsilateral recurrence or new primary breast cancers in mutation carriers up to the 10-year point.
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Metadaten
Titel
Are BRCA1- and BRCA2-related breast cancers associated with increased mortality?
verfasst von
D Gareth Evans
Anthony Howell
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2003
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe 1/2003
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr748

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