Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis

Elizabeth Ulrich BS

Publications

• Short Communication
  Current Trends in Prophylactic Mastectomies for Unaffected BRCA Mutation Carriers
  Author(s): Elizabeth Ulrich BS, Dan Yoho and Kenneth MoquinElizabeth Ulrich BS, Dan Yoho and Kenneth Moquin
  
  Breast cancer remains the most common cancer diagnosis in women, as it represents 14.6% of new cancer diagnoses in the United States and accounts for 6.8% of cancer deaths. Growing research into breast cancer etiology has shed new light on genetic risk factors. It is now estimated that 5% to 10% of all breast cancers have a hereditary link. This is especially true in younger patients, in whom 25% to 40% of cases have a coexisting genetic risk... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9929.1000313

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