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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Characterization of four novel BRCA2 large genomic rearrangements in Spanish breast/ovarian cancer families: review of the literature, and reevaluation of the genetic mechanisms involved in their origin.



Characterization of four novel BRCA2 large genomic rearrangements in Spanish breast/ovarian cancer families: review of the literature, and reevaluation of the genetic mechanisms involved in their origin

Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Mar 21;

Abstract

Large genomic rearrangements (LGRs) at the BRCA2 locus explain a non-negligible proportion of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndromes. The multiplex ligation and probe amplification (MLPA) assay has permitted in recent years to identify several families carrying LGRs at this locus, but very few such alterations have been fully characterized at the molecular level. Yet, molecular characterization is essential to identify recurrent alterations, to analyze the genetic mechanisms underlying such alterations, or to investigate potential genotype/phenotype relationships. We have used MLPA