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Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 7q and aggressive primary breast cancer.
Lancet (London, England) - 18 Jan 1992
Bièche I, Champème M H, Matifas F, Hacène K, Callahan R, Lidereau R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic alterations are believed to be important in the origin and dissemination of breast cancer. Cytogenetic rearrangements on chromosome 7 are common in breast tumours. We used the c-met proto-oncogene probe, which detects sequences on chromosome 7q31, to analyse tumour and blood leucocyte DNA samples from 245 patients with primary breast cancers. The pmetH polymorphic probe detected a high frequency of allele...
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