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X chromosomal abnormalities in basal-like human breast cancer.
Cancer cell - 1 Feb 2006
Richardson Andrea L, Wang Zhigang C, De Nicolo Arcangela, Lu Xin, Brown Myles, Miron Alexander, Liao Xiaodong, Iglehart J Dirk, Livingston David M, Ganesan Shridar
Abstract excerpt
Sporadic basal-like cancers (BLC) are a distinct class of human breast cancers that are phenotypically similar to BRCA1-associated cancers. Like BRCA1-deficient tumors, most BLC lack markers of a normal inactive X chromosome (Xi). Duplication of the active X chromosome and loss of Xi characterized almost half of BLC cases tested. Others contained biparental but nonheterochromatinized X chromosomes or gains of X...
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