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Genetic Ancestry using Mitochondrial DNA in patients with Triple-negative breast cancer (GAMiT study).
Cancer - 1 Jan 2017
Rao Roshni, Rivers Aeisha, Rahimi Asal, Wooldridge Rachel, Rao Madhu, Leitch Marilyn, Euhus David, Haley Barbara B
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BACKGROUND: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) lacks estrogen, progesterone, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)/neu receptors, and is aggressive and therapeutically challenging. Genetic ancestry testing is an emerging medical field. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is distinct from nuclear DNA, is maternally inherited and allows for origin determination. Patients with TNBC tend to be younger...
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