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Mutational profiling of familial male breast cancers reveals similarities with luminal A female breast cancer with rare TP53 mutations.
British journal of cancer - 9 Dec 2014
Deb S, Wong S Q, Li J, Do H, Weiss J, Byrne D, Chakrabarti A, Bosma T, Fellowes A, Dobrovic A, Fox S B
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BACKGROUND: Male breast cancer (MBC) is still poorly understood with a large proportion arising in families with a history of breast cancer. Genomic studies have focused on germline determinants of MBC risk, with minimal knowledge of somatic changes in these cancers. METHODS: Using a TruSeq amplicon cancer panel, this study evaluated 48 familial MBCs (3 BRCA1 germline mutant, 17 BRCA2 germline mutant and 28...
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