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Molecular evidence linking primary cancer of the fallopian tube to BRCA1 germline mutations.

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Findings provide the first molecular evidence that Fallopian tube cancer may be due to germline mutations in BRCA1, and may have important consequences for the preferred method of prophylactic oophorectomy in B RCA1 mutation carriers.
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This article is published in Gynecologic Oncology.The article was published on 2000-01-01. It has received 185 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fallopian tube cancer & Fallopian tube.

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Cancer Incidence in BRCA1 Mutation Carriers

TL;DR: In carriers of BRCA1 mutations, the overall increased risk of cancer at sites other than breast and ovary is small and is observed in women but generally not in men.
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Dysplastic changes in prophylactically removed Fallopian tubes of women predisposed to developing ovarian cancer

TL;DR: The Fallopian tubes of women predisposed to developing ovarian cancer frequently harbour dysplastic changes, accompanied by changes in cell‐cycle and apoptosis‐related proteins, indicating an increased risk of developing tubal cancer.
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Cancer Risk Estimates for BRCA1 Mutation Carriers Identified in a Risk Evaluation Program

TL;DR: Estimating BRCA1-related cancer risks for individuals ascertained in a breast cancer risk evaluation clinic is higher than population-based estimates but lower than estimates based on families ascertained for linkage studies, which may most closely approximate those faced by BRCa1 mutation carriers identified in risk evaluation clinics.
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Primary Fallopian Tube Malignancies in BRCA-Positive Women Undergoing Surgery for Ovarian Cancer Risk Reduction

TL;DR: The distal fallopian tube seems to be the dominant site of origin for early malignancies detected in approximately 6% of women undergoing ovarian cancer risk-reduction surgery, and the greatest proportion of serous cancer risk in BRCA mutation-positive women should be assigned to the fimbria rather than the ovary.
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The distal fallopian tube: a new model for pelvic serous carcinogenesis.

TL;DR: The emerging data offer compelling evidence for a model of ‘fimbrial-ovarian’ serous neoplasia, and call attention to the distal fallopian tube as an important source for this disease, the study of which could clarify pathways to cancer in both organs and generate novel strategies for cancer prevention.
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Risks of cancer in BRCA1-mutation carriers

TL;DR: In this paper, the risks of breast and ovarian cancer from the occurrence of second cancers in individuals with breast cancer, and examined the risk of other cancers in BRCA1 carriers.
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Breast and ovarian cancer incidence in BRCA1-mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium.

TL;DR: Data from families with evidence of linkage to BRCA1 is used to estimate the age-specific risks of breast and ovarian cancer in BRCa1-mutation carriers and to examine the variation in risk between and within families.
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Recurrent dislocation of the shoulder.

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TL;DR: Recurrent Dislocation of the Shoulder: An Inquiry into the Mechanism and its Applications in Psychiatry.
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Allele losses in the region 17q12-21 in familial breast and ovarian cancer involve the wild-type chromosome

TL;DR: In four multiple case breast-ovarian cancer families, it is found that in each of nine tumours which showed allele losses, the losses were from the wild–type chromosome, suggesting that the putative ‘breast–ovarian’ cancer gene is indeed a tumour suppressor gene.
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