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ATM germline mutations in women with familial breast cancer and a relative with haematological malignancy.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2010
Paglia Laura La, Laugé Anthony, Weber Jérémie, Champ Jérôme, Cavaciuti Eve, Russo Antonio, Viovy Jean-Louis, Stoppa-Lyonnet Dominique
Abstract excerpt
Biallelic inactivation of the ATM gene causes ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), a complex neurological disease associated with a high risk of leukaemias and lymphomas. Mothers of A-T children, obligate ATM heterozygote mutation carriers, have a breast cancer (BC) relative risk of about 3. The frequency of ATM carriers in BC women with a BC family history has been estimated to be 2.70%. To further our clinical...
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