The androgen receptor exon 1 trinucleotide repeat does not act as a modifier of the age of presentation in breast cancer.
The CAG repeat in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) genes has been postulated as both a susceptibility allele and phenotypic modifier in BRCA1-associated breast cancers. We have analysed this repeat in a set of 178 breast cancer cases who have been selected only for age of presentation at 65 year...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2000
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