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Androgen receptor (CAG)n and (GGC)n polymorphisms and breast cancer risk in a population-based case-control study of young women.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Feb 2003
Suter Nicola M, Malone Kathleen E, Daling Janet R, Doody David R, Ostrander Elaine A
Abstract excerpt
The androgen receptor (AR) is involved in the regulation of hormone-responsive genes and, as such, variation within the gene is hypothesized to play a role in breast cancer susceptibility. We therefore assessed the relationship between AR repeat variation and breast cancer in young women from the general population. Women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 45 years and age-matched controls, all participants...
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