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Almost 2% of Spanish breast cancer families are associated to germline pathogenic mutations in the ATM gene.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Feb 2017
Tavera-Tapia A, Pérez-Cabornero L, Macías J A, Ceballos M I, Roncador G, de la Hoya M, Barroso A, Felipe-Ponce V, Serrano-Blanch R, Hinojo C, Miramar-Gallart M D, Urioste M, Caldés T, Santillan-Garzón S, Benitez J, Osorio A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: There is still a considerable percentage of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) cases not explained by BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. In this report, next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques were applied to identify novel variants and/or genes involved in HBOC susceptibility. METHODS: Using whole exome sequencing, we identified a novel germline mutation in the moderate-risk gene ATM (c.5441delT;...
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