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DNA repair gene ERCC2 polymorphisms and associations with breast and ovarian cancer risk.
Molecular cancer - 2 May 2008
Bernard-Gallon Dominique, Bosviel Rémy, Delort Laetitia, Fontana Luc, Chamoux Alain, Rabiau Nadège, Kwiatkowski Fabrice, Chalabi Nasséra, Satih Samir, Bignon Yves-Jean
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Breast and ovarian cancers increased in the last decades. Except rare cases with a genetic predisposition and high penetrance, these pathologies are viewed as a polygenic disease. In this concept, association studies look for genetic variations such as polymorphisms in low penetrance genes, i.e. genes in interaction with environmental factors. DNA repair systems that protect the genome from deleterious endogenous...
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