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Frequency of p53 mutations in breast carcinomas from Ashkenazi Jewish carriers of BRCA1 mutations.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 3 Mar 1999
Phillips K A, Nichol K, Ozcelik H, Knight J, Done S J, Goodwin P J, Andrulis I L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breast carcinomas occurring in carriers of BRCA1 gene mutations may have a distinctly different pathway of molecular pathogenesis from those occurring in noncarriers. Data from murine models implicate loss of p53 (also known as TP53) gene function as a critical early event in the malignant transformation of cells with a BRCA1 mutation. Therefore, breast tumors from BRCA1 mutation carriers might be...
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