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Loss of heterozygosity in bilateral breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Dec 2000
Kollias J, Man S, Marafie M, Carpenter K, Pinder S, Ellis I O, Blamey R W, Cross G, Brook J D
Abstract excerpt
Women who develop bilateral breast cancer at an early age are likely to harbour germline mutations in breast cancer susceptibility genes. The aim of this study was to test for concordant genetic changes in left and right breast cancer of young women (age < 50) with bilateral breast cancer that may suggest an inherited breast cancer predisposition. Microsatellite markers were used to test for loss of...
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