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Cancer Risks in A-T Heterozygotes
1 Jan 1994
Abstract excerpt
It is well established that ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) patients suffer a grossly elevated risk of cancer, particularly lymphoma and leukaemia, but the possibility of an excess cancer risk of cancer in heterozygotes carriers of A-T mutations is more controversial. A number of studies indicate that female relatives of A-T patients suffer excess risk of breast cancer; based on an overview of all currently available...
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