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NBS1 variant I171V and breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Nov 2008
Bogdanova Natalia, Schürmann Peter, Waltes Regina, Feshchenko Sergei, Zalutsky Iosif Viktorovich, Bremer Michael, Dörk Thilo
Abstract excerpt
The NBS1/p95 protein has a pivotal role in the sensing and repair of chromosome breaks. A missense mutation in the NBS1 gene, I171V, has recently been associated with a ninefold increased risk of breast cancer in Polish patients. Positive associations have also been reported for leukaemia and larynx cancer suggesting that I171V could be a more general susceptibility factor for malignancies. We investigated the...
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