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Breast cancer surveillance in BRCA positive Sri Lankan women: health equity for a high-risk group at a limited resource setting

BACKGROUND: BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants account for 90% of hereditary breast malignancies, incurring a lifetime breast cancer risk of 85% and 40–45% respectively, in affected individuals. Well-resourced health care settings offer genetic counselling and genetic screening for susceptible indi...

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Autores principales: Liyanage, Udari Apsara, Sirisena, Nirmala Dushyanthi, Deshapriya, Pushpika Chathuranga, Dissanayake, Vajira Harshadeva Weerabaddana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10685476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38017478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02797-z