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Breast and ovarian cancer risks

 

Primary Fallopian Tube Malignancies in BRCA-Positive Women Undergoing Surgery for Ovarian Cancer Risk Reduction
Michael J. Callahan, Christopher P. Crum, Fabiola Medeiros, David W. Kindelberger, Julia A. Elvin, Judy E. Garber, Colleen M. Feltmate, Ross S. Berkowitz, Michael G. Muto. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Volume 25, No. 25: p. 3985-3990, September 2007.

The risk of ovarian cancer after breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers
Metcalfe KA, Lynch HT, Ghadirian P, Tung N, Olivotto IA, Foulkes WD, Warner E, Olopade O, Eisen A, Weber B, McLennan J, Sun P, Narod SA. Gynecologic Oncology. Volume 96, Issue 1, January 2005: p. 222-226. (Pubmed abstract)

Appropriateness of breast-conserving treatment of breast carcinoma in women with germline mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2
Mark Robson, M.D., Tiffany Svahn, M.D., Beryl McCormick, M.D., Patrick Borgen, M.D., Clifford A.Hudis, M.D., Larry Norton, M.D., Kenneth Offit, M.D., M.P.H. Cancer. Volume 103, Issue 1: p. 44 - 51, January 2005.

Breast-feeding and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
Jernstrom, H, Lubinski, J., Lynch, P., et al. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Volume 96, No. 14, 1094-1098. July 21, 2004.

Contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
Kelly Metcalfe, Henry T. Lynch, Parviz Ghadirian, Nadine Tung, Ivo Olivotto, Ellen Warner, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Andrea Eisen, Barbara Weber, Jane McLennan, Ping Sun, William D. Foulkes, Steven A. Narod. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Volume 22, Number 12: p. 2328-2335, June 2004.

Smoking and the risk of breast cancer among carriers of BRCA mutations
Parviz Ghadirian, Jan Lubinski , Henry Lynch , Susan L. Neuhausen , Barbara Weber , Claudine Isaacs , Ruth-Gershoni Baruch, Susan Randall, Peter Ainsworth, Eitan Freidman, Douglas Horsman, Patricia Tonin, William D. Foulkes, Nadine Tung, Ping Sun, Steven A. Narod. International Journal of Cancer. Volume 110, Issue 3 , p. 413-416, June 2004.

Breast and ovarian cancer risks due to inherited mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2
King MC, Marks JH, Mandell JB; New York Breast Cancer Study Group. Science. Volume 24, p. 643-6, October 2003. (Pubmed abstract)

BRCA1 and p53: Compensatory roles in DNA repair
Anne-Renee Hartman and James M. Ford. Journal of Molecular Medicine. September 9, 2003. (A literature review)

BRCA2 mutation carriers, reproductive factors and breast cancer risk
Laufey Tryggvadottir, Elinborg J Olafsdottir, Sigfridur Gudlaugsdottir, Steinunn Thorlacius, Jon G Jonasson, Hrafn Tulinius and Jorunn E Eyfjord. Breast Cancer Research. Volume 5: p.121-128, June 2003.

Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in young breast cancer patients: A population-based study
Silvia de Sanjosé, Mélanie Léoné, Victoria Bérez, Angel Izquierdo, Rebeca Font, Joan M. Brunet, Thierry Louat, Loreto Vilardell, Joan Borras, Pau Viladiu, F. Xavier Bosch, Gilbert M. Lenoir, Olga M. Sinilnikova. International Journal of Cancer. Volume 106, Number 4, p. 588-593, June 2003.

Reproductive factors and ovarian cancer risk in Jewish BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers (United States)
Modugno F, Moslehi R, Ness RB, Nelson DB, Belle S, Kant JA, Wheeler JE, Wonderlick A, Fishman D, Karlan B, Risch H, Cramer DW, Dube MP, Narod SA. Cancer Causes Control. Volume 5: p. 439-46, June 2003. (Pubmed abstract)

Average risks of breast and ovarian cancer associated with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations detected in case series unselected for family history: A combined analysis of 22 studies
A. Antoniou, P. D. P. Pharoah, S. Narod, H. A. Risch, J. E. Eyfjord, J. L. Hopper, N. Loman, H. Olsson, O. Johannsson, Å. Borg, B. Pasini, P. Radice, S. Manoukian, D. M. Eccles, N. Tang, E. Olah, H. Anton-Culver, E. Warner, J. Lubinski, J. Gronwald, B. Gorski, H. Tulinius, S. Thorlacius, H. Eerola, H. Nevanlinna, K. Syrjäkoski, O.-P. Kallioniemi, D. Thompson, C. Evans, J. Peto, F. Lalloo, D. G. Evans, and D. F. Easton. American Journal of Human Genetics. Volume 72: p. 1117-1130, May 2003.

Ovarian cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jewish carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
Jaya M. Satagopan, Jeff Boyd, Noah D. Kauff, Mark Robson, Lauren Scheuer, Steven Narod and Kenneth Offit. Clinical Cancer Research. Volume 8: p. 3776-3781, December 2002.

Cancer risk estimates for BRCA1 mutation carriers identified in a risk evaluation program
Marcia S. Brose, Timothy R. Rebbeck, Kathleen A. Calzone, Jill E. Stopfer, Katherine L. Nathanson, Barbara L. Weber. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Volume 94, Number 18: p. 1365-1372, September 18, 2002.

On the use of familial aggregation in population-based case probands for calculating penetrance
Colin B. Begg. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Vol. 94, Number 16: p. 1221-1226, August 21, 2002. (Note: a commentary on this article is available in the same issue of JNCI.)

Clinical characteristics of individuals with germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2: Analysis of 10,000 individuals
Thomas S. Frank, Amie M. Deffenbaugh, Julia E. Reid, Mark Hulick, Brian E. Ward, Beth Lingenfelter, Kathi L. Gumpper, Thomas Scholl, Sean V. Tavtigian, Dmitry R. Pruss, Gregory C. Critchfield. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Volume 20, Issue 6: p. 1480-1490, March 2002.

Modification of BRCA1- and BRCA2: associated breast cancer risk by AIB1 genotypeand reproductive history
Timothy R. Rebbeck, Yiting Wang, Philip W. Kantoff, Krishna Krithivas, Susan L. Neuhausen, Andrew K. Godwin, Mary B. Daly,Steven A. Narod, Jean-Sebastian Brunet, Daniel Vesprini, Judy E. Garber, Henry T. Lynch, Barbara L. Weber and Myles Brown. Cancer Research. Volume 61: p. 5420-5424, July 2001.

The lifetime risks of breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
Jaya M. Satagopan, Kenneth Offit, William Foulkes, Mark E. Robson, Sholom Wacholder, Christine M. Eng, Stephen E. Karp and Colin B. Begg. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. Volume 10: p. 467-473, May 2001. (Full text)

Genetic heterogeneity and penetrance analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in breast cancer families
D. Ford, D. F. Easton, M. Stratton, S. Narod, D. Goldgar, P. Devilee, D. T. Bishop, B. Weber, G. Lenoir, J. Chang-Claude, H. Sobol, M. D. Teare, J. Struewing, A. Arason, S. Scherneck, J. Peto, T. R. Rebbeck, P. Tonin, S. Neuhausen, R. Barkardottir, J. Eyfjord, H. Lynch, B. A. J. Ponder, S. A. Gayther, J. M. Birch, A. Lindblom, D. Stoppa-Lyonnet, Y. Bignon, A. Borg, U. Hamann, N. Haites, R. J. Scott, C. M. Maugard, H. Vasen, S. Seitz, L. A. Cannon-Albright, A. Schofield, M. Zelada-Hedman, and the Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium. American Journal of Human Genetics. Volume 62: p: 676-689, March 1998.

The Risk of cancer associated with specific mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 among Ashkenazi Jews
Jeffery P. Struewing, M.D., Patricia Hartge, Sc.D., Sholom Wacholder, Ph.D., Sonya M. Baker, B.S., Martha Berlin, B.A., Mary McAdams, M.S., Michelle M. Timmerman, B.S., Lawrence C. Brody, Ph.D., and Margaret A. Tucker, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine. Volume 336, Number 20: p. 1401-1408, May 1997.

The genetic attributable risk of breast and ovarian cancer
Claus EB, Schildkraut JM, Thompson WD, Risch NJ. Cancer. Volume 77, Number 11: p. 2318-2324, June 1996.

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