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Prevalence of the NOD2 3020insC mutation in aggregations of breast and lung cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2006
Lener Marcin Radosław, Oszutowska Dorota, Castaneda Jennifer, Kurzawski Grzegorz, Suchy Janina, Nej-Wołosiak Katarzyna, Byrski Tomasz, Huzarski Tomasz, Gronwald Jacek, Szymańska Anna, Szymańska-Pasternak Jolanta, Grodzki Tomasz, Serwatowski Piotr, Bre Borowicz Grzegorz, Scott Rodney J, Lubiński Jan
Abstract excerpt
Both breast and lung cancers are common malignancies and within the context of known genetic predispositions to breast cancer, no association has been made in linking the two diseases together. This does not exclude the possibility that such associations may exist that lie outside the known high-risk breast cancer families. To examine the likelihood of common genetic factors that could influence the risk of...
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