Evaluating the breast cancer predisposition role of rare variants in genes associated with low-penetrance breast cancer risk SNPs

Na Li; Simone M Rowley; Ella R Thompson; Simone McInerny; Lisa Devereux; Kaushalya C Amarasinghe; Magnus Zethoven; Richard Lupat; David Goode; Jason Li; Alison H Trainer; Kylie L Gorringe; Paul A James; Ian G Campbell

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Evaluating the breast cancer predisposition role of rare variants in genes associated with low-penetrance breast cancer risk SNPs

Na Li, Simone M Rowley, Ella R Thompson, Simone McInerny, Lisa Devereux, Kaushalya C Amarasinghe, Magnus Zethoven, Richard Lupat, David Goode, Jason Li, Alison H Trainer, Kylie L Gorringe, Paul A James, Ian G Campbell

BREAST CANCER RESEARCH | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1186/s13058-017-0929-z

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Alison Trainer Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Kylie Gorringe Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Lisa Devereux Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Ella Thompson Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Kaushalya Amarasinghe Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

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Awarded by National Breast Cancer Foundation

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Cancer Australia, the Victorian Cancer Agency and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.