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Frequency of CHEK2 mutations in a population based, case-control study of breast cancer in young women.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2004
Friedrichsen Danielle M, Malone Kathleen E, Doody David R, Daling Janet R, Ostrander Elaine A
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INTRODUCTION: The cell-cycle checkpoint kinase (CHEK)2 protein truncating mutation 1100delC has been associated with increased risk for breast or prostate cancer. Multiple studies have found an elevated frequency of the 1100delC variant in specific stratifications of breast cancer patients with a...
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