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Sister chromatid exchange: A possible approach to characterize familial breast cancer patients.
Oncology reports - 1 Feb 2015
De Pascalis Ivana, Pilato Brunella, Mazzotta Annalisa, Dell'Endice Teresa Stefania, Rubini Vincenza, Simone Giovanni, Paradiso Angelo, Aiello Vincenzo, Mangia Anita
Abstract excerpt
Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency is widely used as an indicator of spontaneous chromosome instability. We investigated SCE frequency in the peripheral blood lymphocytes of familial and sporadic breast cancer (BC) patients from the Apulian Caucasian Population. Eighty-one patients were enrolled: 22 with familial history and 59 sporadic patients. Eleven familial patients had an 'increased risk' of BRCA...
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