Article
Genetic risk of breast cancer.
Minerva endocrinologica - 1 Dec 2009
Nasir A, Shackelford R E, Anwar F, Yeatman T J
Abstract excerpt
Several cutting-edge strategies are being used to evaluate candidate genetic risk factors for breast cancer. These include linkage analysis for mapping out BRCA1 and BRCA2, mutational screening of candidate risk genes like CHEK2, ATM, BRIP1 and PALB2, which are associated with an intermediate level of breast cancer risk. Genome-wide association studies have revealed several low-penetrance breast cancer risk...
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