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The HRAS1 variable number of tandem repeats and risk of breast cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2003
Tamimi Rulla M, Hankinson Susan E, Ding Shaofeng, Gagalang Virgilio, Larson Garry P, Spiegelman Donna, Colditz Graham A, Krontiris Theodore G, Hunter David J
Abstract excerpt
Rare alleles at the HRAS1 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) locus have been implicated in breast cancer risk. We assessed the association of rare HRAS1 alleles and breast cancer in a case-control study nested within the Nurses' Health Study cohort. Using PCR-based methods, 717 incident breast cancer cases and 798 controls were genotyped for the HRAS1 VNTRs. The prevalence of the rare alleles in breast...
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