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RAD51C germline mutations in Chinese women with familial breast cancer

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This study was supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81071629), and the Program for Breast Cancer Tissue Bank of Beijing.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Breast Center, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Institute, Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, 100142, People’s Republic of China

    Zhiyuan Pang, Lu Yao, Juan Zhang, Tao Ouyang, Jinfeng Li, Tianfeng Wang, Zhaoqing Fan, Tie Fan, Benyao Lin & Yuntao Xie

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Zhiyuan Pang and Lu Yao contributed equally to this study.

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Pang, Z., Yao, L., Zhang, J. et al. RAD51C germline mutations in Chinese women with familial breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 129, 1019–1020 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1574-3

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