| Literature DB >> 1959924 |
L Barrios1, M R Caballín, R Miró, C Fuster, F Guedea, A Subias, J Egozcue.
Abstract
We have carried out cytogenetic studies, using the G-banding technique, in peripheral blood lymphocytes of 10 patients affected by breast carcinoma. The frequency of aberrant metaphases (7.36%) is significantly different from that of our laboratory controls (3.76% of aberrant metaphases) but not from that detected in patients suffering from bladder cancer (10.64%) and Hodgkin's disease (11.03%), two conditions that have previously been described as chromosomally unstable. Our results suggest that breast carcinoma patients show a degree of chromosomal instability that could be related to a predisposition to neoplastic disease.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1959924 DOI: 10.1007/bf00204926
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Genet ISSN: 0340-6717 Impact factor: 4.132