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Are PALB2 mutations associated with increased risk of male breast cancer?

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Acknowledgments

We wish to thank Heather Thorne, Eveline Niedermayr, all the kConFab research nurses and staff, the heads and staff of the Family Cancer Clinics, and the Clinical Follow Up Study (funded by NHMRC grants 145684, 288704 and 454508) for their contributions to this resource, and the many families who contribute to kConFab. kConFab is supported by grants from the National Breast Cancer Foundation; the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC); and the Queensland Cancer Fund; the Cancer Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia; and the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia. MCS is a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellow and Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium (VBCRC) Group Leader. JLH is an Australia Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council and a VBCRC Group Leader. This study was also supported by The University of Melbourne.

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  1. Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia

    A. Sauty de Chalon, Z. Teo, D. J. Park, F. A. Odefrey & M. C. Southey

  2. Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    J. L. Hopper

  3. Ecole Supérieure de Techniciens Biochimie Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Catholique de Lyon, Lyon, France

    A. Sauty de Chalon

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Sauty de Chalon, A., Teo, Z., Park, D.J. et al. Are PALB2 mutations associated with increased risk of male breast cancer?. Breast Cancer Res Treat 121, 253–255 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-009-0673-x

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