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Influence of estrogen receptor alpha and progesterone receptor polymorphisms on the effects of hormone therapy on mammographic density.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 2006
van Duijnhoven Fränzel J B, Peeters Petra H M, Warren Ruth M L, Bingham Sheila A, Uitterlinden André G, van Noord Paulus A H, Monninkhof Evelyn M, Grobbee Diederick E, van Gils Carla H
Abstract excerpt
Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases mammographic density, a strong breast cancer risk factor, but effects vary across women. We investigated whether the effect of hormone therapy use is modified by polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor (ESR1) and progesterone receptor (PGR) genes in the Dut...
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