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Breast Cancer
Studies by K.L. Gorringe and co-authors describe new findings in breast cancer
November 27th, 2008
"Mutations in BRCA1 predispose to breast cancer," scientists in Melbourne, Australia report. "CTIP interacts with BRCA1 and so could also be associated with increased risk. We screened CTIP for germline mutations in 210 probands of breast cancer families including 129 families with no mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2," wrote K.L. Gorringe and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "No coding variants were detected in CTIP, therefore, it is unlikely to be involved in breast cancer risk." Gorringe and colleagues published their study in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Breast cancer risk and the BRCA1 interacting protein...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-27)
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