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Identification and Characterization of an Exonic Duplication in PALB2 in a Man with Synchronous Breast and Prostate Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences - 8 Jan 2022
Bouras Ahmed, Lafaye Cyril, Leone Melanie, Kherraf Zine-Eddine, Martin-Denavit Tanguy, Fert-Ferrer Sandra, Calender Alain, Boutry-Kryza Nadia
Abstract excerpt
PALB2 (partner and localizer of BRCA2), as indicated by its name, is a BRCA2-interacting protein that plays an important role in homologous recombination (HR) and DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. While pathogenic variants of PALB2 have been well proven to confer an increased risk of breast cancer, data on its involvement in prostate cancer (PrC) have not been clearly demonstrated. We investigated, using...
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