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Contribution of XPD (Lys751Gln) and XRCC1 (Arg399Gln) polymorphisms in familial and sporadic breast cancer predisposition and survival: an Indian report.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Sept 2009
Syamala Volga S, Syamala Vani, Sreedharan Hariharan, Raveendran Praveenkumar B, Kuttan Ratheesan, Ankathil Ravindran
Abstract excerpt
The etiology of a significant proportion of familial breast cancers is still poorly understood, with known high penetrance gene mutations accounting for only a small proportion of the cases. The increased risk of breast cancer for the majority of women with a family history likely reflects shared minor low penetrant genetic factors. In the present case-control study undertaken to examine the influence of DNA...
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