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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2011

Time to think outside the (genetic) box.

Jean-Pierre J Issa, Judy E Garber

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Promoter methylation of candidate genes associated with familial testicular cancer.International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jean-Pierre J IssaDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 428, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jpissa@mdanderson.org
Judy E Garber

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many patients develop cancers that have clinical features of inherited syndromes (e.g., young age of onset and unique pathology) but lack mutations in the genes characteristic of the disease. In this issue of the journal, Wong et al. report that somatic epigenetic inactivation could explain some such cases in the setting of BRCA1-associated breast cancer. Here, we discuss the implications of this work in terms of the etiology, risk, and potential prevention of cancer.

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EpigenomicsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingBreast NeoplasmsFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2HumansMutation

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