Mutant BRCA1 alleles transmission: different approaches and different biases

Miguel de la Hoya, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Juan Manuel Fernández, Orland Díez, Ana Osorio, Carmen Alonso, Inge van Leeuwen, Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, Cees Cornelisse, Javier Benítez, Peter Devilee, Trinidad Caldés

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Abstract

Recently, a non-random transmission of BRCA1 mutant alleles to the off-spring of carriers has been suggested. If confirmed by further studies, the finding will have important implications both for risk assessment and the understanding of BRCA1 biology. However, these kind of analysis are not easy to perform due to several ascertainment biases inherent to the identification of BRCA1 carriers. In this report we propose different approaches to overcome such biases and we present additional data supporting a non-random transmission of BRCA1 mutant alleles
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)166-167
JournalInternational journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer
Volume113
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

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