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Genes implicated in hereditary breast cancer syndromes.
Seminars in surgical oncology - 1 Jun 2000
Tonin P N
Abstract excerpt
The medical histories of breast cancer-prone families have been described for over a century. The pattern of breast cancer occurrences in these families is most consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance. The location of a gene that could explain the pattern of transmission of the breast cancer trait in families averaging early (pre-menopausal) onset of breast cancer was reported in 1990. Since...
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