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Allelic loss at chromosome 13q12-q13 is associated with poor prognosis in familial and sporadic breast cancer.
British journal of cancer - 1 Nov 1996
van den Berg J, Johannsson O, Håkansson S, Olsson H, Borg A
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was analysed in 84 primary tumours from sporadic, familial and hereditary breast cancer using five microsatellite markers spanning the chromosomal region 13q12-q13 which harbours the BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility gene, and using one other marker located within the RBI tumour-suppressor gene at 13q14. LOH at the BRCA2 region was found in 34% and at RBI in 27% of the tumours....
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