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Cytogenetic changes in nonmalignant breast tissue.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 2004
Steinarsdóttir Margrét, Jónasson Jón Gunnlaugur, Vidarsson Hilmar, Júlíusdóttir Hildur, Hauksdóttir Halla, Ogmundsdóttir Helga M
Abstract excerpt
Cytogenetic changes are common in breast cancer and have also been described in fibroadenomas and fibrocystic disease, but not in histologically normal breast tissue. Cytogenetic analysis was performed on nonmalignant breast tissue from benign breast lumps (n = 8), reduction mammoplasties (n = 31), and grossly nontumorous tissue from cancerous breasts (n = 84), using standard techniques and G-banding. All samples...
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