Genetic susceptibility to breast cancer.

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Published in Mol Oncol on May 21, 2010

Authors

Nasim Mavaddat1, Antonis C Antoniou, Douglas F Easton, Montserrat Garcia-Closas

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1: Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, United Kingdom.

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