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The effect of the I1307K APC polymorphism on the clinicopathological features and natural history of breast cancer.
British journal of cancer - 1 Nov 1999
Yuan Z Q, Bégin L R, Wong N, Brunet J S, Trifiro M, Gordon P H, Pinsky L, Foulkes W D
Abstract excerpt
The I1307K polymorphism in APC has been found to predispose to colorectal cancer in Ashkenazi Jews, and has recently been associated with an increased risk for breast cancer in the same population. In that study, we genotyped 205 paraffin-embedded breast cancers from Ashkenazi Jewish women diagnosed below the age of 65. We now present an extended analysis, with clinicopathological correlations between carriers of...
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