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Is there a correlation between the structure of hair and breast cancer or BRCA1/2 mutations?
Physics in medicine and biology - 21 May 2002
Laaziri Khalid, Sutton M, Ghadirian P, Scott A S, Paradis A J, Tonin P N, Foulkes W D
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It has been suggested that the small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) pattern of human hair can be used to diagnose breast cancer and possibly to identify BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, who are at significantly elevated risk for developing breast cancer. In particular, the presence of a diffuse ring in the SAXS pattern was said to be diagnostic of either breast cancer or an increased risk thereof. To test this...
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