Association between the BRCA2 N372H variant and male breast cancer risk: A population-based case-control study in Tuscany, Central Italy

BMC Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Palli, Domenico ^a   Falchetti, Mario ^b   Masala, Giovanna ^a   Lupi, Ramona ^b   Sera, Francesco ^a   Saieva, Calogero ^a   D'Amico, Cristina ^b   Ceroti, Marco ^a   Rizzolo, Piera ^b   Caligo, Maria Adelaide ^c   Zanna, Ines ^a   Ottini, Laura ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; HISTIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE BREAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36048929748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-7-170     Document Type: Article

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