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BARD1 and breast cancer in Poland.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2008
Jakubowska Anna, Cybulski Cezary, Szymańska Anna, Huzarski Tomasz, Byrski Tomasz, Gronwald Jacek, Debniak Tadeusz, Górski Bohdan, Kowalska Elzbieta, Narod Steven A, Lubiński Jan
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PURPOSE: To investigate whether or not a genetic variant in BARD1 (Cys557Ser) contributes to early-onset breast cancer in Poland, or modifies the risk of breast cancer in women with an inherited predisposition to breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We studied 3,188 unselected Polish women with breast cancer and 1,038 healthy controls. All women were genotyped for the BARD1 Cys557Ser variant and for known founder...
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