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Population-based estimate of the contribution of TP53 mutations to subgroups of early-onset breast cancer: Australian Breast Cancer Family Study.
Cancer research - 15 Jun 2010
Mouchawar Judy, Korch Christopher, Byers Tim, Pitts Todd M, Li Efang, McCredie Margaret R E, Giles Graham G, Hopper John L, Southey Melissa C
Abstract excerpt
Although germline TP53 mutations have been identified in women with breast cancer from families meeting Li-Fraumeni criteria, their contribution to breast cancer per se is not well known, but is thought to be minimal. We aimed to determine the prevalence of germline TP53 mutations in subgroups of early-onset breast cancer. Germline TP53 mutation status was assessed by DNA sequencing, screening for heterozygous...
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