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Figure 1. (A) Cumulative risk of breast (diamonds) and ovarian (squares) cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. (B) Cumulative risk of breast (diamonds) and.

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1 Figure 1. (A) Cumulative risk of breast (diamonds) and ovarian (squares) cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. (B) Cumulative risk of breast (diamonds) and ovarian (squares) cancer in BRCA2 mutation carriers. Both diagrams from Antoniou et al [3] From: Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2010;21(suppl_7):vii334-vii338. doi: /annonc/mdq365 Ann Oncol | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please

2 Figure 2. A high-risk family.
From: Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2010;21(suppl_7):vii334-vii338. doi: /annonc/mdq365 Ann Oncol | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please

3 Figure 3. The normal cells of BRCA carriers carry one normal copy and one mutated copy of the BRCA gene. From: Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2010;21(suppl_7):vii334-vii338. doi: /annonc/mdq365 Ann Oncol | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please

4 Figure 4. Tumour cells in BRCA carriers have no normal copies of the BRCA gene, and are therefore BRCA deficient. From: Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2010;21(suppl_7):vii334-vii338. doi: /annonc/mdq365 Ann Oncol | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please

5 Figure 5. The multi-step model of carcinogenesis allows for loss of tumour suppressor genes playing an important role in the process. From: Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2010;21(suppl_7):vii334-vii338. doi: /annonc/mdq365 Ann Oncol | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please

6 Figure 6. Initial Clinical Positioning of the BCtect® test in the UK private sector as agreed by the BCtect® UK strategy group. From: Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer Ann Oncol. 2010;21(suppl_7):vii334-vii338. doi: /annonc/mdq365 Ann Oncol | © The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please


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