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Figure 3 | Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice

Figure 3

From: Coverage of the Genetic Background of Breast Cancer in the Polish Population

Figure 3

Ideographic representation of the relationship between penetrance of the predisposing genetic factors and the proportion of the population of patients they are present in. Genes with highest penetrance are rather uncommon, in contrast to those with low penetrance, which can be very frequent. However, the interaction between different low penetrance factors may again increase the penetrance of the compound

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