Somatic mutations in the BRCA2 gene and high frequency of allelic loss of BRCA2 in sporadic male breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 943-945

  Kwiatkowska, Eliza ^a   Teresiak, Marek ^b   Breborowicz, Danuta ^b   Mackiewicz, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Greatpoland Cancer Center   (Poland)

Author keywords

BRCA2; Germline mutations; Loss of heterozygosity; Male breast cancer; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 13Q; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION;

BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0037140117     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10289     Document Type: Article

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