| Literature DB >> 19795125 |
Abstract
Breast cancers with a genetic BRCA1-/BRCA2 background differ from each other and sporadic cases. A specific pathological surrogate marker, however, does not exist. In this study the results of a German reference centre are reported. BRCA1 associated cancers are predominantly high grade (G3), triple negative, highly proliferative (median Ki-67 55%) and only exceptionally accompanied by lobular intraepithelial neoplasia. Cancers with a BRCA2 germ line mutation are less frequent and resemble sporadic cases with a comparably higher proliferative activity and a lack of Her2 overexpression.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19795125 DOI: 10.1007/s00292-009-1223-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pathologe ISSN: 0172-8113 Impact factor: 1.011