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Mutations and polymorphic BRCA variants transmission in breast cancer familial members.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Feb 2011
Pilato Brunella, Martinucci Marianna, Danza Katia, Pinto Rosamaria, Petriella Daniela, Lacalamita Rosanna, Bruno Michele, Lambo Rossana, D'Amico Cosimo, Paradiso Angelo, Tommasi Stefania
Abstract excerpt
We previously showed that about 80% of breast cancer patients at high risk to carry mutation in BRCA genes presented at least one polymorphism in these genes which resulted potentially harmful by in silico analysis. In the present paper, the genealogic transmission of those polymorphic coding and noncoding variants of BRCA genes in family's members has been investigated. Thirty families, enrolled within the...
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