Phenocopy in a patient with triple negative breast cancer: a case report.

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A total of 1.67 million breast cancer cases per year are reported worldwide. Of these, 5%-10% are caused by inherited mutations. Phenocopy is a rare phenomenon, with only a few cases reported in the literature. In phenocopies, phenotypes identical to those with genetic origin occur because of environmental factors rather than familial mutations. We describe a case of phenocopy in a 44-year-old female patient with...

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