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Same lifetime risk of ovarian ca in BRCA1, 2. (Ashkenazi Jewish Population).
NEW ORLEANS--The lifetime risk for ovarian cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish population is as high in BRCA2 carriers as in BRCA1 carriers, but the disease manifests at a later age in BRCA2 carriers, a recent study suggests.
The findings could have implications for determining the necessity and timing of prophylactic oophorectomy in at-risk patients in this population, which has a higher-BRCA carrier rate than the general population, according to Dr. Uziel Belier of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Although estimates of ovarian cancer risk have been quite variable from study to study, it was previously believed that the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer in BRCA2 carriers was lower (about 10%20%) than in BRCAI carriers (about 30%-60%), Dr. Beller said at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists.
In this study of 162 nonproband, proven BRCAI and BRCA2 carriers from 74 ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Saltus, Globe Staff October 2, 1996 700+ words
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...that 8 percent of women of Ashkenazi Jewish decent diagnosed with early...earlier studies indicate that Ashkenazi Jewish women have a much greater...with a particularly large Ashkenazi Jewish population," said Peter...90 percent of hereditary ovarian cancer. A mutation ...
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...testing service for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer for individuals of Ashkenazi (Eastern...risk because of a family history or ovarian cancer. OncorMed's Heritage Panel is currently...individuals affected with breast or ovarian cancer, or who are related to a known mutation...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire April 24, 2003 700+ words
...for screening individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. As with many ethnic populations, individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent have an elevated risk...If only one partner is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, it is recommended...
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- Magazine article from: The Middle East Album, Andrew June 1, 1999 700+ words
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- Ovarian Cancer
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Rastegari, Esther; Frey, Rebecca January 1, 2006 700+ words
...incidence of ovarian cancer. Native American...Caucasians of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, are...with age. Ovarian cancer is the fifth...developing ovarian cancer include women...European or Ashkenazi Jewish descent, are...
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