Efficacy of bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers

LC Hartmann, TA Sellers, DJ Schaid… - Journal of the …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Background: In women with a family history of breast cancer, bilateral prophylactic
mastectomy is associated with a decreased risk of subsequent breast cancer of …

Clinical Characteristics of Individuals With Germline Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2: Analysis of 10,000 Individuals

TS Frank, AM Deffenbaugh, JE Reid… - Journal of Clinical …, 2002 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To assess the characteristics that correlate best with the presence of mutations
in BRCA1 and BRCA2 in individuals tested in a clinical setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS …

Sequence analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2: correlation of mutations with family history and ovarian cancer risk.

TS Frank, SA Manley, OI Olopade… - Journal of Clinical …, 1998 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Previous studies of mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 have used detection methods
that may underestimate the actual frequency of mutations and have analyzed women using …

BRCA1 sequence analysis in women at high risk for susceptibility mutations: risk factor analysis and implications for genetic testing

D Shattuck-Eidens, A Oliphant, M McClure, C McBride… - Jama, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Octext.—A mutation in theBRCA1gene may confer substantial risk for breast and/or ovarian
cancer. However, knowledge regarding all possible mutations and the relationship between …

Somatic mutations in the BRCA1 gene in sporadic ovarian tumours

SD Merajver, TM Pham, RF Caduff, M Chen, EL Poy… - Nature …, 1995 - nature.com
The BRCA1 gene on chromosome 17q21 is responsible for an autosomal dominant
syndrome of increased susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer but no somatic mutations …

Differential isolation of normal luminal mammary epithelial cells and breast cancer cells from primary and metastatic sites using selective media

SP Ethier, ML Mahacek, WJ Gullick, TS Frank… - Cancer research, 1993 - AACR
The present studies were aimed at determining if the use of a cell culture medium that
supports proliferation of human mammary epithelial cells of the luminal lineage would allow …

Clinical and pathological significance of microsatellite instability in sporadic endometrial carcinoma.

RF Caduff, CM Johnston… - The American journal …, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Defective DNA mismatch repair in neoplasia is manifested by extra, aberrant bands within
multiple microsatellite markers. The replication error (RER) phenotype is present in most …

Hereditary cancer syndromes

TS Frank - Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 2001 - meridian.allenpress.com
Objective.—To summarize the biological basis, clinical implications, identification, and
medical management of syndromes associated with increased risk of common adult …

Germline BRCA1 mutations and loss of the wild-type allele in tumors from families with early onset breast and ovarian cancer.

SD Merajver, TS Frank, J Xu, TM Pham… - Clinical cancer research …, 1995 - AACR
The BRCA1 gene on human chromosome 17q21 is responsible for an autosomal dominant
syndrome of inherited early onset breast/ovarian cancer. It is estimated that women …

Paget disease of the nipple: radiologic-pathologic correlation.

DM Ikeda, MA Helvie, TS Frank, KL Chapel… - Radiology, 1993 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To correlate the range of clinical presentations with mammographic and
histologic findings in patients with Paget disease of the nipple. MATERIALS AND …