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Recurrent gross mutations of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene in breast cancers with deficient DSB repair.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2008
Saal Lao H, Gruvberger-Saal Sofia K, Persson Camilla, Lövgren Kristina, Jumppanen Mervi, Staaf Johan, Jönsson Göran, Pires Maira M, Maurer Matthew, Holm Karolina, Koujak Susan, Subramaniyam Shivakumar, Vallon-Christersson Johan, Olsson Håkan, Su Tao, Memeo Lorenzo, Ludwig Thomas, Ethier Stephen P, Krogh Morten, Szabolcs Matthias, Murty Vundavalli V V S, Isola Jorma, Hibshoosh Hanina, Parsons Ramon, Borg Ake
Abstract excerpt
Basal-like breast cancer (BBC) is a subtype of breast cancer with poor prognosis. Inherited mutations of BRCA1, a cancer susceptibility gene involved in double-strand DNA break (DSB) repair, lead to breast cancers that are nearly always of the BBC subtype; however, the precise molecular lesions a...
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