Cancer risk in heterozygotes for ataxia-
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BΓ©atrice Geoffroy-Perez; Nicolas Janin; Katia Ossian; Anthony LaugΓ©; Marie-FranΓ§
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Epidemiological studies have suggested that ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) heterozygotes have a predisposition to cancer, especially breast cancer in women. Now, haplotyping can identify heterozygotes for AT mutation (ATM) in AT families, allowing the risk of cancer associated with ATM heterozygosity st