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Increased radiosensitivity as an indicator of genes conferring breast cancer susceptibility.
Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] - 1 Dec 2007
Varga Dominic, Vogel Walther, Bender Ariane, Surowy Harald, Maier Christiane, Kreienberg Rolf, Deissler Helmut, Sauer Georg
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PURPOSE: This paper briefly summarizes the research on increased radiosensitivity in breast cancer patients measured by the micronucleus test (MNT) and its association to genetic variants in DNA repair genes. More preliminary data are presented on the distribution of chromosomes and chromosome fragments in micronuclei (MN) in order to gain more information on clastogenic and aneugenic effects and better...
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