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01.12.2013 | Letter
RAD51Cdeletion screening identifies a recurrent gross deletion in breast cancer and ovarian cancer families
verfasst von:
Gioia Schnurbein, Jan Hauke, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Nana Weber-Lassalle, Stefanie Engert, Heide Hellebrand, Lutz Garbes, Alexandra Becker, Guido Neidhardt, Kerstin Rhiem, Alfons Meindl, Rita K Schmutzler, Eric Hahnen
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Ausgabe 6/2013
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RAD51C is an integral part of the DNA double-strand repair through homologous recombination, and monoallelic mutations were found in ~1.3% of
BRCA1/2-negative breast cancer (BC) and/or ovarian cancer (OC) families [
1]. Several studies confirmed the occurrence of
RAD51C mutations predominantly in BC and/or OC families, although with varying frequencies, clearly establishing
RAD51C as a cancer-predisposing gene [
2‐
4]. There is ongoing debate whether pathogenic
RAD51C alterations increase the relative risk for BC in addition to that for OC, which was estimated to be 5.88 (95% confidence interval = 2.91 to 11.88;
P = 7.65 × 10
–7) [
2]. …