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Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-like DNA sequences in the breast tumors of father, mother, and daughter
28 Feb 2008
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BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of late onset breast cancer in a father, mother, and daughter living in the same house for decades suggested the possibility of an environmental agent as a common etiological factor. Both molecular and epidemiological data have indicated a possible role for the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), the etiological agent of breast cancer in mice, in a certain percentage of human breast...
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