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Association of common ATM variants with familial breast cancer in a South American population.
BMC cancer - 23 Apr 2008
González-Hormazábal Patricio, Bravo Teresa, Blanco Rafael, Valenzuela Carlos Y, Gómez Fernando, Waugh Enrique, Peralta Octavio, Ortuzar Waldo, Reyes Jose M, Jara Lilian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ATM gene has been frequently involved in hereditary breast cancer as a low-penetrance susceptibility gene but evidence regarding the role of ATM as a breast cancer susceptibility gene has been contradictory. METHODS: In this study, a full mutation analysis of the ATM gene was carried out in patients from 137 Chilean breast cancer families, of which 126 were BRCA1/2 negatives and 11 BRCA1/2...
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