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Targeting DNA repair: the genome as a potential biomarker.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2018
Nesic Ksenija, Wakefield Matthew, Kondrashova Olga, Scott Clare L, McNeish Iain A
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Genomic instability and mutations are fundamental aspects of human malignancies, leading to progressive accumulation of the hallmarks of cancer. For some time, it has been clear that key mutations may be used as both prognostic and predictive biomarkers, the best-known examples being the presence of germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, which are not only associated with improved prognosis in ovarian cancer, but are...
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