CHEK2 Mutation and Hereditary Breast Cancer

Abstract

.01). Three of 13 Byelorussian patients reported a first-degreefamily history, and one patient had bilateral disease. In the secondstudy from Germany, the deletion was detected in five of 990 Germanbreast cancer patients (0.5%) and in one of 1,014 female controlindividuals(0.1%;oddsratio,5.1;95%CI,0.6to44.1;