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The risk for developing cancer in Israeli ATM, BLM, and FANCC heterozygous mutation carriers.
Cancer genetics - 1 Mar 2016
Laitman Yael, Boker-Keinan Lital, Berkenstadt Michal, Liphsitz Irena, Weissglas-Volkov Daphna, Ries-Levavi Liat, Sarouk Ifat, Pras Elon, Friedman Eitan
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Cancer risks in heterozygous mutation carriers of the ATM, BLM, and FANCC genes are controversial. To shed light on this issue, cancer rates were evaluated by cross referencing asymptomatic Israeli heterozygous mutation carriers in the ATM, BLM, and FANCC genes with cancer diagnoses registered at the Israeli National Cancer Registry (INCR). Comparison of observed to expected Standardized Incidence Rates (SIR) was...
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