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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/
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MESH:D061325

NCI:C8493

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:718220008

UMLS_CUI:C0677776

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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]

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is_a autosomal dominant disease

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