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Germline genetic variation, cancer outcome, and pharmacogenetics.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Sept 2010
Coate Linda, Cuffe Sinead, Horgan Anne, Hung Rayjean J, Christiani David, Liu Geoffrey
Abstract excerpt
Studies of the role of germline or inherited genetic variation on cancer outcome can fall into three distinct categories. First, the impact of highly penetrant but lowly prevalent mutations of germline DNA on cancer prognosis has been studied extensively for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations as well as mutations related to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome. These mainly modest-sized analyses have...
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