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Acute skin toxicity in Korean breast cancer patients carrying BRCA mutations.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Jan 2014
Park Hyojung, Choi Doo Ho, Noh Jae Myoung, Huh Seung Jae, Park Won, Nam Seok-Jin, Lee Jeong Eon
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PURPOSE: In contrast to in vitro studies, most clinical trials testing the radiosensitivity of BRCA (Breast cancer susceptibility gene) mutations do not find a correlation between BRCA status and enhanced radiosensitivity. These trials include different ethnicities, and there is a lack of clinical data on BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and radiosensitivity in non-Caucasian patients. The goal of this study was to...
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