© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 24, 2126A-2127,
December 15, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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Re: Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus in Invasive Breast Cancers
Correspondence to: Eric L. Altschuler, M.D., Ph.D., Brain and Perception Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., 0109, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109 (e-mail: ealtschuler@ucsd.edu).
Recently, Bonnet et al. (1), using the polymerase chain
reaction, found evidence of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome in 51%
of breast cancers. With the use of somewhat differing methodologies,
previous studies have failed to find evidence for EBV in breast cancer
specimens, whereas other studies have found
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