Article
Outer breast quadrants demonstrate increased levels of genomic instability.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Sept 2004
Ellsworth Darrell L, Ellsworth Rachel E, Love Brad, Deyarmin Brenda, Lubert Susan M, Mittal Vimal, Hooke Jeffrey A, Shriver Craig D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Theory holds that the upper outer quadrant of the breast develops more malignancies because of increased tissue volume. This study evaluated genomic patterns of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and allelic imbalance (AI) in non-neoplastic tissues from quadrants of diseased breasts followi...
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