Prevalence of the TP53 p.R337H mutation in breast cancer patients in Brazil.

Germline TP53 mutations predispose individuals to multiple cancers and are associated with Li-Fraumeni/Li-Fraumeni-Like Syndromes (LFS/LFL). The founder mutation TP53 p.R337H is detected in 0.3% of the general population in southern Brazil. This mutation is associated with an increased risk of child...

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Main Authors: Juliana Giacomazzi, Marcia S Graudenz, Cynthia A B T Osorio, Patricia Koehler-Santos, Edenir I Palmero, Marcelo Zagonel-Oliveira, Rodrigo A D Michelli, Cristovam Scapulatempo Neto, Gabriela C Fernandes, Maria Isabel W S Achatz, Ghyslaine Martel-Planche, Fernando A Soares, Maira Caleffi, José Roberto Goldim, Pierre Hainaut, Suzi A Camey, Patricia Ashton-Prolla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24936644/pdf/?tool=EBI