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ERCC3, a new ovarian cancer susceptibility gene?
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Dec 2020
Stradella Agostina, Del Valle Jesús, Rofes Paula, Vargas-Parra Gardenia, Salinas Mónica, González Sara, Montes Eva, López-Doriga Adriana, Gómez Carolina, de Cid Rafael, Darder Esther, Teulé Alex, Solanes Ares, Munté Elisabet, Capellà Gabriel, Pineda Marta, Feliubadaló Lidia, Brunet Joan, Lázaro Conxi
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) is an inherited disorder with an increased risk of breast cancer (BC) and ovarian cancers (OC). Mutations in BRCA1-BRCA2 explains less than a half of cases. In the last decade several genes with different penetrance have been associated with an increased risk of BC or OC. A recurrent heterozygous ERCC3 truncating mutation increases the risk for...
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