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A region of allelic imbalance in 1q31-32 in primary breast cancer coincides with a recombination hot spot.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 1997
Benítez J, Osorio A, Barroso A, Arranz E, Díaz-Guillén M A, Robledo M, Rodríguez de Córdoba S, Heine-Suñer D
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that the 1q31-32 region frequently presents allelic imbalance (AI) in various neoplastic diseases, such as breast cancer, medulloblastoma, male germ cell tumors, and renal collecting duct carcinoma, suggesting the presence of a tumor suppressor gene in this location. We used 19 informative microsatellite markers to analyze 33 primary breast tumors for AI in the 1q31-32 region. Our...
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