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Genes other than BRCA1 and BRCA2 involved in breast cancer susceptibility.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2002
de Jong M M, Nolte I M, te Meerman G J, van der Graaf W T A, Oosterwijk J C, Kleibeuker J H, Schaapveld M, de Vries E G E
Abstract excerpt
This review focuses on genes other than the high penetrance genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 that are involved in breast cancer susceptibility. The goal of this review is the discovery of polymorphisms that are either associated with breast cancer or that are in strong linkage disequilibrium with breast cancer causing variants. An association with breast cancer at a 5% significance level was found for 13 polymorphisms in 10...
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