Estimating the number of rate limiting genomic changes for human breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Zhang, Xinan ^a   Simon, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast mutations; Genomic instability; Human breast carcinogenesis; Mutator phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; MODEL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18844412457     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-5782-y     Document Type: Article

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