Germline mutations in the CHEK2 kinase gene are associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer.

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Published in Int J Cancer on February 01, 2008

Authors

Elzbieta Złowocka1, Cezary Cybulski, Bohdan Górski, Tadeusz Debniak, Marcin Słojewski, Dominika Wokołorczyk, Pablo Serrano-Fernández, Joanna Matyjasik, Thierry van de Wetering, Andrzej Sikorski, Rodney J Scott, Jan Lubiński

Author Affiliations

1: International Hereditary Cancer Center, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland. elzunik@wp.pl

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