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Genomic analysis of inherited breast cancer among Palestinian women: Genetic heterogeneity and a founder mutation in TP53.
International journal of cancer - 15 Aug 2017
Lolas Hamameh Suhair, Renbaum Paul, Kamal Lara, Dweik Dima, Salahat Mohammad, Jaraysa Tamara, Abu Rayyan Amal, Casadei Silvia, Mandell Jessica B, Gulsuner Suleyman, Lee Ming K, Walsh Tom, King Mary-Claire, Levy-Lahad Ephrat, Kanaan Moein
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer among Palestinian women has lower incidence than in Europe or North America, yet is very frequently familial. We studied genetic causes of this familial clustering in a consecutive hospital-based series of 875 Palestinian patients with invasive breast cancer, including 453 women with diagnosis by age 40, or with breast or ovarian cancer in a mother, sister, grandmother or aunt ("discovery series");...
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