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High incidence of protein-truncating TP53 mutations in BRCA1-related breast cancer.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2009
Holstege Henne, Joosse Simon A, van Oostrom Conny Th M, Nederlof Petra M, de Vries Annemieke, Jonkers Jos
Abstract excerpt
Approximately half of all hereditary breast cancers are compromised in their DNA repair mechanisms due to loss of BRCA1 or BRCA2 function. Previous research has found a strong correlation between BRCA mutation and TP53 mutation. However, TP53 mutation status is often indirectly assessed by immuno...
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