Cancers du sein hereditaires. [Hereditary breast cancers]
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_011861356B35
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Cancers du sein hereditaires. [Hereditary breast cancers]
Journal
Schweizerische Rundschau fur Medizin Praxis
ISSN
1013-2058 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/1996
Volume
85
Number
35
Pages
1035-9
Notes
English Abstract
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Aug 27
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Aug 27
Abstract
Recently, genetic analyses in high risk families with several members suffering of breast and/or ovarian carcinoma led to the discovery of two genes, called BRCA1 and BRCA2, clearly responsible for hereditary predisposition of breast carcinoma. Another gene, p53, was also shown to be involved in hereditary predisposition of breast and other tumors in the setting of Li-Fraumeni syndrome. It is very important that women at risk could be seen by a specialized team for genetic counselling and explanation of advances and limits of molecular genetics. Such a team should be multidisciplinary in order to cover genetic, oncological, social, psychological and economical aspects of hereditary cancer predisposition. Prevention interventions and early detection methods are still investigational and definitely need to be performed in the setting of protocols in order to better evaluate their long term efficacy.
Keywords
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms/*genetics
Breast Neoplasms, Male/genetics
Female
Genetic Counseling
Heterozygote Detection
Humans
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome/genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Oncogenes/genetics
Patient Care Team
Point Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pubmed
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