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A novel polymorphism in BRCA2 exon 8 and breast cancer risk in South India.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2011
Joseph Shyn, Sellappa Sudha, Prathyumnan Shibily, Keyan Kripa S
Abstract excerpt
In India the incidence of breast cancer is on the rise and it is rapidly becoming the number one cancer in females, pushing cervical cancer to the second spot. The contribution of BRCA2 to the development of the sporadic form of breast cancer remains undefined. To assess the role of SNPs in exon 8 of the BRCA2 gene in breast cancer development in India, a population-based study was here carried out on 107 breast...
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