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Breast cancer predisposing alleles in Poland.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 2005
Górski B, Cybulski C, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Gronwald J, Jakubowska A, Stawicka M, Gozdecka-Grodecka S, Szwiec M, Urbański K, Mituś J, Marczyk E, Dziuba J, Wandzel P, Surdyka D, Haus O, Janiszewska H, Debniak T, Tołoczko-Grabarek A, Medrek K, Masojć B, Mierzejewski M, Kowalska E, Narod S A, Lubiński J
Abstract excerpt
Mutant alleles of several genes in the DNA repair pathway have been found to predispose women to breast cancer. From a public health perspective, the importance of a given allele in a population is determined by the frequency of the allele and by the relative risk of breast cancer that it confers...
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