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The estrogen receptor alpha gene and breast cancer risk (The Netherlands).
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Dec 2005
Onland-Moret N Charlotte, van Gils Carla H, Roest Mark, Grobbee Diederick E, Peeters Petra H M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In this study we aimed to investigate whether the PvuII, XbaI and B-variant polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ER-alpha) are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, and whether the effect of high estradiol (E2) levels on breast cancer risk is altered by these polymorphisms. The selection of these polymorphisms was based on previously published...
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