BRCA1 promoter deletions in young women with breast cancer and a strong family history: A population-based study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 823-827

  Smith, L D ^a   Tesoriero, A A ^a   Ramus, S J ^b,c   Dite, G ^a   Royce, S G ^a   Giles, G G ^d   McCredie, M R E ^e   Hopper, J L ^a   Southey, M C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

BRCA1 promoter; Early onset breast cancer; Large deletions

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 33847682259     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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