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Whole-exome sequencing of Finnish hereditary breast cancer families.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2016
Määttä Kirsi, Rantapero Tommi, Lindström Anna, Nykter Matti, Kankuri-Tammilehto Minna, Laasanen Satu-Leena, Schleutker Johanna
Abstract excerpt
A remarkable proportion of factors causing genetic predisposition to breast cancer (BC) are unknown in non-BRCA1/2 families. Exome sequencing was performed for 13 high-risk Finnish hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC) families to detect variants contributing to BC susceptibility. After filtering, 18 candidate variants in DNA damage response (DDR) pathway genes were screened in 129 female HBOC patients,...
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