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Incidence and outcome of BRCA mutations in unselected patients with triple receptor-negative breast cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Mar 2011
Gonzalez-Angulo Ana M, Timms Kirsten M, Liu Shuying, Chen Huiqin, Litton Jennifer K, Potter Jennifer, Lanchbury Jerry S, Stemke-Hale Katherine, Hennessy Bryan T, Arun Banu K, Hortobagyi Gabriel N, Do Kim-Anh, Mills Gordon B, Meric-Bernstam Funda
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PURPOSE: To investigate the incidence of germline and somatic BRCA1/2 mutations in unselected patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and determine the prognostic significance of carrying a mutation. METHODS: DNA was obtained from 77 TNBC and normal tissues. BRCA1/2 exons/flanking regi...
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