Searching for a functional relationship between the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 and the progesterone receptor in breast cancer cells 

    Calvo Vidal, Verónica Alejandra (Date of defense: 2009-07-17)

    Germ-line mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 strongly increase the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer in women. Different hypothesis have been proposed to explain this tissue specificity. ...