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Marc Tischkowitz

Researcher at National Institute for Health Research

Publications -  201
Citations -  14641

Marc Tischkowitz is an academic researcher from National Institute for Health Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 151 publications receiving 10938 citations. Previous affiliations of Marc Tischkowitz include King's College London & McGill University.

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Risks of Breast, Ovarian, and Contralateral Breast Cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

Karoline Kuchenbaecker, +67 more
- 20 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: To estimate age-specific risks of breast, ovarian, and contralateral breast cancer for mutation carriers and to evaluate risk modification by family cancer history and mutation location, a large cohort study recruited in 1997-2011 provides estimates of cancer risk based on BRCA1 and BRCa2 mutation carrier status.
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Breast-Cancer Risk in Families with Mutations in PALB2

TL;DR: The data suggest the breast-cancer risk for PALB2 mutation carriers may overlap with that for BRCA1 mutation carriers, and loss-of-function mutations in PALB1 are an important cause of hereditary breast cancer.