Genetics of Breast and Gynecologic Cancers (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

Changes to This Summary (08/24/2017)

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High-Penetrance Breast and/or Gynecologic Cancer Susceptibility Genes

Added text about results from a meta-analysis of breast cancer risk in Lynch syndrome among 15 studies with molecular tumor testing results and evidence on breast cancer risk estimates among a total of 21 studies (cited Win et al. as reference 344).

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