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Somatic mutations and human breast cancer. A status report.
Cancer - 15 Mar 1992
Callahan R, Cropp C S, Merlo G R, Liscia D S, Cappa A P, Lidereau R
Abstract excerpt
A systematic study of primary human breast tumor DNA demonstrated that three proto-oncogenes or regions of the genome (c-myc, int-2, and c-erbB2) are frequently amplified and that there is loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosomes 1p(37%), 1q(20%), 3p(30%), 7(41%), 11p(20%), 13q(30%), 17p(49%), 17q(29%), and 18q(34%). Specific subsets of tumors can be defined based on the particular collection of mutations they...
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