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Ancestry as a potential modifier of gene expression in breast tumors from Colombian women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Serrano-Gómez Silvia J, Sanabria-Salas María Carolina, Garay Jone, Baddoo Melody C, Hernández-Suarez Gustavo, Mejía Juan Carlos, García Oscar, Miele Lucio, Fejerman Laura, Zabaleta Jovanny
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hispanic/Latino populations are a genetically admixed and heterogeneous group, with variable fractions of European, Indigenous American and African ancestries. The molecular profile of breast cancer has been widely described in non-Hispanic Whites but equivalent knowledge is lacking in Hispanic/Latinas. We have previously reported that the most prevalent breast cancer intrinsic subtype in Colombian...
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