Article
The spectrum of ATM missense variants and their contribution to contralateral breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2008
Broeks Annegien, Braaf Linde M, Huseinovic Angelina, Schmidt Marjanka K, Russell Nicola S, van Leeuwen Flora E, Hogervorst Frans B L, Van 't Veer Laura J
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous carriers of ATM mutations are at increased risk of breast cancer. In this case-control study, we evaluated the significance of germline ATM missense variants to the risk of contralateral breast cancer (CBC). We have determined the spectrum and frequency of ATM missense variants in 443 breast cancer patients diagnosed before age 50, including 247 patients who subsequently developed CBC. Twenty-one per...
Topics
- Adult
- Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Germ-Line Mutation
