Germline and Somatic mutations in postmenopausal breast cancer patients

OBJECTIVES: In breast cancer (BC) patients, the frequency of germline BRCA mutations (gBRCA) may vary according to the ethnic background, age, and family history of cancer. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) is the second most common somatic mutated gene...

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Main Authors: Tauana Rodrigues Nagy, Simone Maistro, Giselly Encinas, Maria Lucia Hirata Katayama, Glaucia Fernanda de Lima Pereira, Nelson Gaburo-Júnior, Lucas Augusto Moyses Franco, Ana Carolina Ribeiro Chaves de Gouvêa, Maria del Pilar Estevez Diz, Luiz Antonio Senna Leite, Maria Aparecida Azevedo Koike Folgueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2021-07-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322021000100291&tlng=en