BRCA
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- What are the 2 high risk genes for breast cancer?
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- Which type of DNA repair are the BRCA1/2 proteins involved in?
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- BRCA1/2 are involved in the repair of which kind of DNA damage?
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- A BRCA1-/- mutant cell can survive in [...] or [...] tissue but not in other tissues.
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- What is the frequency of BRCA1/2 mutations in the general population?
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- What is the relative penetrance for mutations in BRCA1/2 for breast cancer?
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- Do mutations to BRCA1/2 account for a large proportion of breast cancers?
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- Mutations to BRCA1/2 account for [...]% of the familial risk of breast cancer.
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- Females with a BRCA1 mutation have a 80% risk of developing [...] cancer and a 50% risk of [...] cancer.
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- Males with a BRCA1 mutation have a 15% risk of developing [...] cancer.
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- Females with a BRCA2 mutation have a 80% risk of developing [...] cancer, a 30% risk of [...] cancer, and a 3% risk of [...] cancer.
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- Males with a BRCA2 mutation have 25% risk of developing [...] cancer, an 8% risk of [...] cancer, and a 3% risk of [...] cancer.
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- Females with a BRCA[...] mutation have a 80% risk of developing breast cancer, a 30% risk of ovarian cancer, and a 3% risk of pancreatic cancer.
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- Males with a BRCA[...] mutation have 25% risk of developing prostate cancer, an 8% risk of breast cancer, and a 3% risk of pancreatic cancer.
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- Males with a BRCA[...] mutation have a 15% risk of developing prostate cancer.
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- Females with a BRCA[...] mutation have a 80% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer.
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