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Methylation of Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes in Early-Onset Breast Cancer: Australian Breast Cancer Family Registry.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Scott Cameron M, Joo JiHoon Eric, O'Callaghan Neil, Buchanan Daniel D, Clendenning Mark, Giles Graham G, Hopper John L, Wong Ee Ming, Southey Melissa C
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation can mimic the effects of both germline and somatic mutations for cancer predisposition genes such as BRCA1 and p16INK4a. Constitutional DNA methylation of the BRCA1 promoter has been well described and is associated with an increased risk of early-onset breast cancers that have BRCA1-mutation associated histological features. The role of methylation in the context of other breast cancer...
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