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Involvement of ATM missense variants and mutations in a series of unselected breast cancer cases.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Feb 2002
Rodriguez Carmen, Vallès Hélène, Causse Annick, Johannsdottir Vala, Eliaou Jean-François, Theillet Charles
Abstract excerpt
It has been proposed that women carrying heterozygous mutations of the ATM gene could be at increased risk of developing breast cancer. However, data in the literature are contrasting and no firm conclusion has been reached. Our aim was to verify whether ATM inactivation could play a role in breast tumor development. Following the classical tumor suppressor inactivation scheme, tumors showing loss of...
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