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Loss of nuclear BRCA1 expression in breast cancers is associated with a highly proliferative tumor phenotype.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Mar 1998
Jarvis E M, Kirk J A, Clarke C L
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have suggested that BRCA1-associated hereditary breast cancer may be a more aggressive form of disease than sporadic breast cancer. BRCA1-associated breast cancer has been reported to be significantly associated with grade 3 disease. Because grade 3 disease indicates a poor prognosis, this implies that women with a germ-line mutation in BRCA1 who develop breast cancer may have a poorer prognosis...
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