Vaker BRCA-mutaties bij mensen van Joodse komaf

Three BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations occur more frequently in the Jewish population than in the general population. In Jewish patients with breast cancer about 10% of cases are caused by one of these mutations; consequently, all patients with breast cancer and who are of Jewish ancestry, or their healthy family members, are eligible for genetic testing.

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