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Endocrinology of the wild and mutant BRCA1 gene and types of hormonal carcinogenesis.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Feb 2008
Berstein Lev M
Abstract excerpt
Information related to the BRCA1 gene has increasingly become a subject for analysis by endocrinologists. For example, it is hard to dismiss the fact that, in BRCA1 mutation carriers, tumors develop predominantly in such estrogen-dependent organs as the mammary glands and ovaries but not in the endometrium. Another characteristic feature is that although BRCA1 mutants and knock-downs are unable to inhibit the...
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