This study uses Women’s Health Initiative data to compare the prevalence of pathogenic variants (PVs) in breast cancer susceptibility genes in postmenopausal women with vs without breast cancer to guide decisions about who should undergo PV testing.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7064876PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.0229DOI Listing

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