Results of a preliminary analysis of the pattern of hereditary breast cancer in the women of a Kyrgyz population

Abstract

The phenotypic and morphological features of hereditary breast cancer in relation to abnormal BRCA genotype among Kyrgyz women remain virtually unelucidated now. This paper presents the results of the first medical genetic study conducted in the Kyrgyz Republic, which has yielded preliminary data on the spectrum of mutations associated with hereditary breast cancer in the Kyrgyz female popu- lation. The findings suggest that it is possible and expedient to further study the problem of hereditary breast cancer for substantiation of screening for a genetic predisposition to this disease in order to form risk groups and to timely undertake primary prevention.

Keywords

• heredity
• breast cancer
• brca1/brcа2 gene mutations
• gene polymorphism