Genetic developments in breast cancer.

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In this paper I have reviewed the current literature on the genetic mutations found in association with breast cancer. More emphasis has been given to BRCA1 because of the excitement generated with the cloning of this breast cancer susceptibility gene. A number of somatic mutations have been described (loss of heterozygosity, overexpression, and other mutations) in breast cancers. While strides have been made in...

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