A high frequency of <i>BRCA</i> mutations in young black women with breast cancer residing in Florida

Tuya Pal, Devon Bonner, Deborah Cragun, Álvaro N.A. Monteiro, Catherine Phelan, Lily Servais, Jongphil Kim, Steven A. Narod, Mohammad R. Akbari, Susan T. Vadaparampil

Cancer · 2015 · 113 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

To the authors' knowledge, the prevalence of BRCA mutations among the Florida-based sample of young black women with breast cancer in the current study exceeds that previously reported for non-Hispanic white women. It is appropriate to recommend BRCA testing in all young black women with invasive breast cancer.

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