Pros and cons of screening for BRCA mutations

N C Med J. 2013 Nov-Dec;74(6):489-90.

Author

Marissa Howard-McNatt¹

Affiliation

¹ Breast Cancer Center and Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. mmcnatt@wakehealth.edu.

PMID: 24316772

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
Breast Neoplasms / therapy
Female
Genes, BRCA1*
Genes, BRCA2*
Genetic Testing*
Humans
Mutation / genetics*
Ovarian Neoplasms / genetics*
Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy
Risk Assessment