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Germline NBS1 mutations in families with aggregation of Breast and/or ovarian cancer from north-east Poland.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Kanka Celina, Brozek Izabela, Skalska Beata, Siemiatkowska Anna, Limon Janusz
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BACKGROUND: NBS1 gene, which product participates in DNA repair, has been postulated to be a susceptibility factor for a number of types of cancer, including breast cancer. The carrier frequency of the 657del5 and I171V NBS1 gene mutations among Polish patients with familial breast and/or ovarian cancer was compared with that of randomly selected newborns. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using allele-specific...
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