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Association of estrogen receptor and glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms with sporadic breast cancer.
International journal of cancer - 20 Jul 2001
Curran J E, Lea R A, Rutherford S, Weinstein S R, Griffiths L R
Abstract excerpt
We have utilized a cross-sectional association approach to investigate sporadic breast cancer. Polymorphisms in 2 candidate genes, ESRalpha and GRL, were examined in an unrelated breast cancer-affected and age-matched control population. Several polymorphic regions within the ESRalpha gene have been identified, and some alleles of these polymorphisms have been found to occur at increased levels in breast-cancer...
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