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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Philip Schouten
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-50407 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Schouten Philip C PC Marmé Frederik F Aulmann Sebastian S Sinn Hans-Peter HP van Essen Hendrik F HF Ylstra Bauke B Hauptmann Michael M Schneeweiss Andreas A Linn Sabine C SC
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20141205 4
<h4>Purpose</h4>Breast cancers in carriers of inactivating mutations of the BRCA1 gene carry a specific DNA copy-number signature ("BRCA1-like"). This signature is shared with cancers that inactivate BRCA1 through other mechanisms. Because BRCA1 is important in repair of DNA double-strand breaks through error-free homologous recombination, patients with a BRCA1-like tumor may benefit from high-dose alkylating (HD) chemotherapy, which induces DNA double-strand breaks.<h4>Experimental design</h4>W ...[more]