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Low frequency of p53 gene mutations in breast cancers of Japanese-American women.
Nutrition and cancer - 1 Jan 2001
Buzin C H, Tang S H, Cunningham J M, Shibata A, Ross R K, Hartmann A, Blaszyk H, Kovach J S
Abstract excerpt
Differences in frequencies and patterns of somatic p53 gene mutations among racially and geographically diverse populations presumably reflect exposure to different mutagens or different responses to certain mutagens. On emigration to the United States, Japanese women experience, over several generations, a four- to fivefold increase in the incidence of breast cancer. To determine whether this increased incidence...
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