Tumour morphology predicts PALB2 germline mutation status

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-163

  Teo, Z L ^a   Provenzano, E ^a   Dite, G S ^a   Park, D J ^a   Apicella, C ^a   Sawyer, S D ^b   James, P A ^a,b,c   Mitchell, G ^a,b   Trainer, A H ^a,b,c   Lindeman, G J ^a,c,d   Shackleton, K ^c,d   Cicciarelli, L ^b   Buys, S S ^e   Andrulis, I L ^f   Mulligan, A M ^g,h   Glendon, G ^f   John, E M ^i,j   Terry, M B ^k,l   Daly, M ^m   Odefrey, F A ^a   Nguyen Dumont, T ^a   Giles, G G ^a,n   Dowty, J G ^a   Winship, I ^a,c   Goldgar, D E ^e   Hopper, J L ^a   Southey, M C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k Department of Medicine   (United States)

^l Department of Medicine   (United States)

^m FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALB2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST NECROSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERMLINE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MITOSIS; MUTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RISK; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84880305107     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.295     Document Type: Article

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