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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the p53 pathway genes modify cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers of Jewish-Ashkenazi descent.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Jun 2010
Yarden Ronit I, Friedman Eitan, Metsuyanim Sally, Olender Tzvia, Ben-Asher Edna, Papa Moshe Z
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Germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with a significantly increased lifetime risk for developing breast and/or ovarian cancer. However, incomplete penetrance and substantial variability in age of disease onset among carriers of the same mutation suggests the involvement of additional modifier genes and/or environmental factors. Somatic inactivating mutations in the p53 gene and genes of...
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