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| ID | DOID:5683 |
| Name | hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome |
| Definition | A syndrome characterized by the higher than normal tendency associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 to develop breast and ovarian cancers in genetically related families. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_breast%E2%80%93ovarian_cancer_syndrome, http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/breast-and-ovarian/HealthProfessional/page1, https://www.jax.org/education-and-learning/clinical-and-continuing-education/cancer-resources/hereditary-breast-and-ovarian-cancer-syndrome-factsheet, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1247/ |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:718220008 |
| Subsets |
NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated hereditary breast and ovarian cancer [EXACT] Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome [EXACT] HBOC syndrome [EXACT] Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer [EXACT] Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer syndrome [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a syndrome |