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Allele loss on chromosome 16q24.2-qter occurs frequently in breast cancers irrespectively of differences in phenotype and extent of spread.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 1994
Tsuda H, Callen D F, Fukutomi T, Nakamura Y, Hirohashi S
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity on chromosomal arm 16q has been shown to be a frequent event in sporadic breast cancer and is suggested to be involved in cancer development through inactivation of a tumor-suppressor gene. To specify the commonly deleted region in which the unknown tumor-suppressor gene is located, a deletion map of chromosome 16 was constructed for 78 breast cancers, using 27 polymorphic DNA markers. Loss...
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