Genetics of breast cancer: applications to the Mexican population

Elad Ziv

Genetics of breast cancer: applications to the Mexican population

Salud Publica Mex. 2011 Sep-Oct;53(5):415-9.

Author

Elad Ziv¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Institute for Human Genetics, San Francisco, California, USA. elad.ziv@ucsf.edu

PMID: 22218795

Abstract

Breast cancer research has yielded several important results including the strong susceptibility genes,BRCA1 and BRCA2 and more recently 19 genes and genetic loci that confer a more moderate risk.The pace of discovery is accelerating as genetic technology and computational methods improve. These discoveries will change the way that breast cancer risk is understood in Mexico over the next few decades.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
Diseases in Twins / epidemiology
Ethnicity / genetics
Family Health
Female
Forecasting
Gene Frequency
Genes, BRCA1
Genes, BRCA2
Genes, Neoplasm*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics
Genetic Testing
Humans
Mexico / epidemiology
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / epidemiology
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / genetics