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Novel Nonsense Variants c.58C>T (p.Q20X) and c.256G>T (p.E85X) in the CHEK2 Gene Identified in Breast Cancer Patients from Balochistan.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2016
Baloch Abdul Hameed, Khosa Ahmad Nawaz, Bangulzai Nasrullah, Shuja Jamila, Naseeb Hafiz Khush, Jan Mohammad, Marghazani Illahi Bakhsh, Kakar MasoodulHaq, Baloch Dost Mohammad, Cheema Abdul Majeed, Ahmad Jamil
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Breast cancer is very common and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women globally. Hereditary cases account for 510% of the total burden and CHEK2, which plays crucial role in response to DNA damage to promote cell cycle arrest and repair or induce apoptosis, is considered as a moderate penetrance breast cancer risk gene. Our objective in the current study was to analyze mutations in related to breast...
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