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Kin-cohort estimates for familial breast cancer risk in relation to variants in DNA base excision repair, BRCA1 interacting and growth factor genes.
BMC cancer - 12 Mar 2004
Sigurdson Alice J, Hauptmann Michael, Chatterjee Nilanjan, Alexander Bruce H, Doody Michele Morin, Rutter Joni L, Struewing Jeffery P
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BACKGROUND: Subtle functional deficiencies in highly conserved DNA repair or growth regulatory processes resulting from polymorphic variation may increase genetic susceptibility to breast cancer. Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes can impact protein function leading to genomic instability facilitated by growth stimulation and increased cancer risk. Thus, 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight genes...
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