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Prevalence of PALB2 mutations in the Creighton University Breast Cancer Family Registry.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2015
Snyder C, Metcalfe K, Sopik V, Royer R, Zhang S, Narod S A, Akbari M R, Lynch H T
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of PALB2 mutations among breast cancer families from the United States. The PALB2 gene was screened for mutations in 90 familial breast cancer patients from the Creighton University Breast Cancer Family Registry. These patients had previously tested negative for mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Two of 90 breast cancer patients (2.2 %) were found to carry a...
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