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Comment
. 2023 May;23(5):272.
doi: 10.1038/s41568-023-00564-8.

Obesity as a promoter in BRCA mutation carriers

Gabrielle Brewer  1
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Obesity as a promoter in BRCA mutation carriers

Gabrielle Brewer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2023 May.
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  • Obesity promotes breast epithelium DNA damage in women carrying a germline mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2.
    Bhardwaj P, Iyengar NM, Zahid H, Carter KM, Byun DJ, Choi MH, Sun Q, Savenkov O, Louka C, Liu C, Piloco P, Acosta M, Bareja R, Elemento O, Foronda M, Dow LE, Oshchepkova S, Giri DD, Pollak M, Zhou XK, Hopkins BD, Laughney AM, Frey MK, Ellenson LH, Morrow M, Spector JA, Cantley LC, Brown KA. Bhardwaj P, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Feb 22;15(684):eade1857. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ade1857. Epub 2023 Feb 22. Sci Transl Med. 2023. PMID: 36812344 Free PMC article.

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    1. Bhardwaj, P. et al. Obesity promotes breast epithelium DNA damage in women carrying a germline mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2. Sci. Transl. Med. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.ade1857 (2023) - DOI - PubMed

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