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The SNP rs895819 in miR-27a is not associated with familial breast cancer risk in Italians

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Acknowledgments

We thank all individuals who participated to this study. This study was partially funded by Italian citizens who allocated the 5 × 1,000 share of their tax payment in support of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, according to Italian laws (INT-Institutional strategic projects ‘5 × 1,000’).

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  1. IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy

    Irene Catucci, Valentina Dall’olio, Paolo Radice & Paolo Peterlongo

  2. Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Irene Catucci, Paolo Radice & Paolo Peterlongo

  3. Unit of Medical Statistics and Biometry, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

    Paolo Verderio & Sara Pizzamiglio

  4. Department of Experimental Oncology, Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy

    Loris Bernard

  5. Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy

    Loris Bernard & Domenico Sardella

  6. Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

    Fernando Ravagnani

  7. Associazione Italiana Volontari Sangue (AVIS) Comunale Milano, Milan, Italy

    Laura Galastri

  8. Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy

    Monica Barile

  9. Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

    Bernard Peissel, Daniela Zaffaroni & Siranoush Manoukian

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Catucci, I., Verderio, P., Pizzamiglio, S. et al. The SNP rs895819 in miR-27a is not associated with familial breast cancer risk in Italians. Breast Cancer Res Treat 133, 805–807 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-012-2011-y

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