Localization of a breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA2, to chromosome 13q12-13

  • Richard Wooster
  • , Susan L. Neuhausen
  • , Jonathan Mangion
  • , Yvette Quirk
  • , Deborah Ford
  • , Nadine Collins
  • , Kim Nguyen
  • , Sheila Seal
  • , Thao Tran
  • , Diane Averill
  • , Patty Fields
  • , Gill Marshall
  • , Steven Narod
  • , Gilbert M. Lenoir
  • , Henry Lynch
  • , Jean Feunteun
  • , Peter Devilee
  • , Cees J. Cornelisse
  • , Fred H. Menko
  • , Peter A. Daly
  • Wilma Ormiston, Ross McManus, Carole Pye, Cathryn M. Lewis, Lisa A. Cannon-Albright, Julian Peto, Bruce A.J. Ponder, Mark H. Skolnick, Douglas F. Easton, David E. Goldgar, Michael R. Stratton

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Abstract

A small proportion of breast cancer, in particular those cases arising at a young age, is due to the inheritance of dominant susceptibility genes conferring a high risk of the disease. A genomic linkage search was performed with 15 high-risk breast cancer families that were unlinked to the BRCA1 locus on chromosome 17q21. This analysis localized a second breast cancer susceptibility locus, BRCA2, to a 6-centimorgan interval on chromosome 13q12-13. Preliminary evidence suggests that BRCA2 confers a high risk of breast cancer but, unlike BRCA1, does not confer a substantially elevated risk of ovarian cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2088-2090
Number of pages3
JournalScience
Volume265
Issue number5181
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Sep 1994
Externally publishedYes

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