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The profile and contribution of rare germline copy number variants to cancer risk in Li-Fraumeni patients negative for TP53 mutations.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 28 Apr 2014
Silva Amanda G, Krepischi Ana C V, Pearson Peter L, Hainaut Pierre, Rosenberg Carla, Achatz Maria Isabel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an inherited rare cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by a variety of early-onset tumors. Although germline mutations in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 account for over 50% of the families matching LFS criteria, the lack of TP53 mutation in a...
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