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PALB2 analysis in BRCA2-like families.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2011
Adank M A, van Mil S E, Gille J J P, Waisfisz Q, Meijers-Heijboer H
Abstract excerpt
BRCA2 and PALB2 function together in the Fanconi anemia (FA)-Breast Cancer (BRCA) pathway. Mono-allelic and bi-allelic BRCA2 and PALB2 mutation carriers share many clinical characteristics. Mono-allelic germline mutations of BRCA2 and PALB2 are risk alleles of female breast cancer and have also been reported in familial pancreatic cancer, and bi-allelic mutations cause a severe form of Fanconi anemia. In view of...
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