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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade ordet BRCA2.
11. Interplay between Transcription and Homologous Recombination in the Presence of DNA Damage
Sammanfattning : The biochemical processes of DNA repair, replication and recombination compete for the same substrate, the DNA molecule. This competition is natural, as each process requires the same template. In order to resolve possible conflicts between these processes, when they take place on a particular stretch of DNA, certain crosstalk is expected. LÄS MER
12. Impact of Lifestyle, Hormones, and Genes on Breast Cancer
Sammanfattning : Approximately 7000 women are diagnosed and 1500 women die from breast cancer in Sweden every year. The aim of this thesis was to study the interplay of polymorphisms, hormone levels, lifestyle, and the use of concomitant medication in relation to risk and prognosis in two cohorts: one composed of young healthy women from high-risk breast cancer families and the other of breast cancer patients from the general population. LÄS MER
13. Hereditary breast/ovarian cancer : implementation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing
Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in the western world. Most cases are sporadic but in 5 to 10 % an inherited genetic mutation is the main cause of the disease. LÄS MER
14. Hereditary Ovarian Cancer mutation frequencies and genetic profiles
Sammanfattning : Ovarian cancer is a leading cause of gynecological cancer death and in Sweden nearly 700 cases are diagnosed annually. Ovarian cancer has one of the highest frequencies of hereditary cancer. LÄS MER
15. Breast cancer in young women. Aspects of heredity and contralateral disease
Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Sweden, as well as worldwide. In Sweden, 8,288 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2019, out of whom approximately 1.5% were younger than 35 years of age. LÄS MER