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Reduced Fhit expression in sporadic and BRCA2-linked breast carcinomas.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 1999
Ingvarsson S, Agnarsson B A, Sigbjornsdottir B I, Kononen J, Kallioniemi O P, Barkardottir R B, Kovatich A J, Schwarting R, Hauck W W, Huebner K, McCue P A
Abstract excerpt
Evidence for alteration of the FHIT gene in a significant fraction of breast carcinomas has been reported, in apparent concordance with loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosome region 3p14.2 in breast cancer and benign proliferative breast disease. A significantly higher frequency of LOH at the FHIT locus was reported for BRCA2-/- tumors, possibly due to misrepaired double-strand breaks at this common fragile...
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