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Mutation screening of BRCA1 using PTT and LOH analysis at 17q21 in breast carcinomas from familial and non-familial cases.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 1998
Sørlie T, Andersen T I, Bukholm I, Børresen-Dale A L
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Germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose to breast and ovarian cancer. An estimated 45% of families with multiple breast cancer cases and more than 80% of breast-ovarian cancer families are linked to BRCA1. Mutation analyses by collaborative laboratories have revealed around 460 distinct BRCA1 sequence alterations, mostly germline mutations from familial cases. The majority of these alterations were...
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