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Breast Cancer
Genetic losses in breast cancer may be higher at chromosomes 1 and 2p
December 8th, 2005
According to recently published research from England, genetic losses in breast cancer may be higher at chromosomes 1 and 2p in 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." "To address this issue," wrote X. Mao and colleagues, St. Thomas Hospital, "we performed allelotyping analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded samples from 21 Chinese patients with breast cancer using 59 fluorescently tagged oligonucleotide primers amplifying microsatellite loci." ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-08)
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