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A genetic variant in CDKN2A/B gene is associated with the increased risk of breast cancer.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jan 2018
ShahidSales Soodabeh, Mehramiz Mehraneh, Ghasemi Faezeh, Aledavood Amir, Shamsi Mehri, Hassanian Seyed Mahdi, Ghayour-Mobarhan Majid, Avan Amir
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is among the leading cause of cancer-related-deaths in women, supporting the need for the identification of novel prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Recent studies have identified common genetic variants in a region on chromosome 9p21 associated with an increased risk of developing different cancers. Here, we explored the association of a genetic variant in CDKN2A/B, rs10811661, for...
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