Testing for mutations of the ataxia telangiectasia gene in radiosensitive breast cancer patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-128

  Ramsay, Jonathan ^a   Birrell, Geoffrey ^a   Lavin, Martin ^a  

^a Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ataxia telangiectasia; Breast cancer; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031803293     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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