Prevalence of PALB2 Mutations in Breast Cancer Patients in Multi-Ethnic Asian Population in Malaysia and Singapore

Sze Yee Phuah; Sheau Yee Lee; Peter Kang; In Nee Kang; Sook-Yee Yoon; Meow Keong Thong; Mikael Hartman; Jen-Hwei Sng; Cheng Har Yip; Nur Aishah Mohd Taib; Soo-Hwang Teo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073638

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Prevalence of PALB2 Mutations in Breast Cancer Patients in Multi-Ethnic Asian Population in Malaysia and Singapore

Sze Yee Phuah,

Affiliations Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Breast Cancer Research Unit, University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Sheau Yee Lee,

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Peter Kang,

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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In Nee Kang,

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Sook-Yee Yoon,

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Meow Keong Thong,

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Mikael Hartman,

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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Jen-Hwei Sng,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Cheng Har Yip,

Affiliation Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Nur Aishah Mohd Taib,

Affiliations Breast Cancer Research Unit, University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Soo-Hwang Teo

* E-mail: soohwang.teo@carif.com.my

Affiliations Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Breast Cancer Research Unit, University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Prevalence of PALB2 Mutations in Breast Cancer Patients in Multi-Ethnic Asian Population in Malaysia and Singapore

Sze Yee Phuah,
Sheau Yee Lee,
Peter Kang,
In Nee Kang,
Sook-Yee Yoon,
Meow Keong Thong,
Mikael Hartman,
Jen-Hwei Sng,
Cheng Har Yip,
Nur Aishah Mohd Taib

Published: August 20, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073638

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