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Breast Cancer
Researchers suggest subset of breast cancers associated with Chinese patients
September 8th, 2005
Researchers at St. Thomas' Hospital in London have suggested a subset of breast cancers are associated with Chinese patients. "Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease in Caucasian women, but is less frequent in Chinese women. The molecular basis for such ethnical difference in disease pathogenesis remains unknown," reported the scientists, whose study was published in the journal Cancer Genetics And Cytogenetics. "To address this issue," explained X. Mao and colleagues, "we performed allelotyping analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples from 21 Chinese patients with breast cancer using 59 fluorescently tagged...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-08)
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