The role of heterozygosity for ataxia telangiectasia in breast cancer

Epidemiological data suggest that women carriers for ataxia telangiectasia (AT), a cancer predisposition and radiation sensitivity syndrome have an increased risk of breast cancer. If so, the ATM would represent a novel breast cancer gene. Confirming this association has many implications, but at...

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Main Author: Bebb, Gwyn
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11366