Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk (PDQ®) Screening/Deletion - Health Professionals
National Cancer Institute, 2007
 [for Professionals mainly]
CancerNet ... Defective DNA repair mechanisms may also increase cancer risk ...
Statement of the American Society of Human Genetics on Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Predisposition
Am. J. Genet. 55:i-iv, 1994
[Support Groups]
The identification of the gene associated with early-onset breast and ovarian cancer, known as BRCAL, has profound implications for the presymptomatic assessment and monitoring of the heritable cancer risks in some individuals and families. This gene may be responsible for ~5% of breast cancer ...
Statement on Population Screening for BRCA-1 Mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish Women
American College of Medical Genetics, 1996.
[Support Groups]
Policy Statement from the American College of Medical Genetics
BRCA1 and BRCA2 Hereditary Breast Cancer
Julie Bars Culver, MS, et al, GeneClinics, June 19, 2007
[for Professionals mainly]
American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society, 2007
Web Resources.
Cancer Cytogenetics
Genzyme Corporation, 2007
... F.I.S.H. ... Molecular Genetics ...
Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
NCBI
The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) is an interdisciplinary program to establish the information and technological tools needed to decipher the molecular anatomy of a cancer cell ...
Cancer Genetics Services Directory
National Cancer Institute, 2007
Breast Cancer Organizations
Excellent support groups, clinical trials, articles online.
Smoking and Cancer
OncoLink, 2007
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
National Cancer Institute, September 1999
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