Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 28-2003. A 51-year-old premenopausal woman with newly diagnosed breast cancer and a strong family history of breast cancer

N Engl J Med. 2003 Sep 11;349(11):1076-82. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc030018.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • BRCA2 Protein / physiology
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / surgery
  • Female
  • Genes, BRCA1
  • Genes, BRCA2*
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Germ-Line Mutation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mastectomy, Simple
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovariectomy
  • Pedigree
  • Premenopause
  • Prognosis
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Substances

  • BRCA2 Protein