Complex Landscape of Germline Variants in Brazilian Patients With Hereditary and Early Onset Breast Cancer
Pathogenic variants in known breast cancer (BC) predisposing genes explain only about 30% of Hereditary Breast Cancer (HBC) cases, whereas the underlying genetic factors for most families remain unknown. Here, we used whole-exome sequencing (WES) to identify genetic variants associated to HBC in 17...
Main Authors: | Giovana T. Torrezan, Fernanda G. dos Santos R. de Almeida, Márcia C. P. Figueiredo, Bruna D. de Figueiredo Barros, Cláudia A. A. de Paula, Renan Valieris, Jorge E. S. de Souza, Rodrigo F. Ramalho, Felipe C. C. da Silva, Elisa N. Ferreira, Amanda F. de Nóbrega, Paula S. Felicio, Maria I. Achatz, Sandro J. de Souza, Edenir I. Palmero, Dirce M. Carraro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00161/full |
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