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Loss of heterozygosity analysis at the BRCA loci in tumor samples from patients with familial breast cancer.
International journal of cancer - 10 May 2002
Osorio Ana, de la Hoya Miguel, Rodríguez-López Raquel, Martínez-Ramírez Angel, Cazorla Alicia, Granizo Juan José, Esteller Manel, Rivas Carmen, Caldés Trinidad, Benítez Javier
Abstract excerpt
The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are responsible for a high proportion of familial breast cancer; germline mutations in these genes confer a lifetime risk of about 70% for developing breast cancer. Most of the described deleterious mutations are small deletions or insertions that originate a truncated protein; however, in many cases, they are amino acid changes whose significance is unknown. In these cases, there are...
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