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Variants in the ATM gene associated with a reduced risk of contralateral breast cancer.
Cancer research - 15 Aug 2008
Concannon Patrick, Haile Robert W, Børresen-Dale Anne-Lise, Rosenstein Barry S, Gatti Richard A, Teraoka Sharon N, Diep T Anh, Jansen Laila, Atencio David P, Langholz Bryan, Capanu Marinela, Liang Xiaolin, Begg Colin B, Thomas Duncan C, Bernstein Leslie, Olsen Jørgen H, Malone Kathleen E, Lynch Charles F, Anton-Culver Hoda, Bernstein Jonine L
Abstract excerpt
Between 5% and 10% of women who survive a first primary breast cancer will subsequently develop a second primary cancer in the contralateral breast. The Women's Environment, Cancer, and Radiation Epidemiology Study was designed to identify genetic and environmental determinants of contralateral breast cancer (CBC). In this study, 708 women with asynchronous CBC served as cases and 1,397 women with unilateral...
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