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Mutation analysis of BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2 and BRD7 in a hospital-based series of German patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pern Franziska, Bogdanova Natalia, Schürmann Peter, Lin Min, Ay Aysun, Länger Florian, Hillemanns Peter, Christiansen Hans, Park-Simon Tjoung-Won, Dörk Thilo
Abstract excerpt
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of breast carcinoma with a poor prognosis. Recent evidence suggests that some patients with TNBC harbour germ-line mutations in DNA repair genes which may render their tumours susceptible to novel therapies such as treatment with PARP inhibitors. In the present study, we have investigated a hospital-based series of 40 German patients with TNBC for the...
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