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Origin and distribution of the BRCA2-8765delAG mutation in breast cancer.
BMC cancer - 19 Jul 2007
Palomba Grazia, Cossu Antonio, Friedman Eitan, Budroni Mario, Farris Antonio, Contu Antonio, Pisano Marina, Baldinu Paola, Sini Maria C, Tanda Francesco, Palmieri Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The BRCA2-8765delAG mutation was firstly described in breast cancer families from French-Canadian and Jewish-Yemenite populations; it was then reported as a founder mutation in Sardinian families. We evaluated both the prevalence of the BRCA2-8765delAG variant in Sardinia and the putative existence of a common ancestral origin through a haplotype analysis of breast cancer family members carrying such...
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