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Parkinson's disease genes do not segregate with breast cancer genes' loci.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Aug 2013
Kravitz Efrat, Laitman Yael, Hassin-Baer Sharon, Inzelberg Rivka, Friedman Eitan
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer and skin cancer rates among patients with Parkinson's disease are higher than in non-Parkinson's disease cases, and Jewish-Ashkenazi LRRK2*G2019S mutation carriers have higher breast cancer rates than noncarriers. Because additional Parkinson's disease predisposition genes are implicated in the malignant transformation process, we hypothesized that the association between breast cancer...
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