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BRCA1 Mutation: A Predictive Marker for Radiation Therapy?
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 1 Oct 2015
Kan Charlene, Zhang Junran
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DNA repair, in particular, DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair, is essential for the survival of both normal and cancer cells. An elaborate repair mechanism has been developed in cells to efficiently repair the damaged DNA. The pathways predominately involved in DSB repair are homologous recombination and classic nonhomologous end-joining, although the alternative NHEJ pathway, a third DSB repair pathway, could...
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