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Genetic variation in IGF1, IGFBP3, IRS1, IRS2 and risk of breast cancer in women living in Southwestern United States.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Aug 2007
Slattery M L, Sweeney C, Wolff R, Herrick J, Baumgartner K, Giuliano A, Byers T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An insulin-related pathway to breast cancer has been hypothesized. METHODS: We examine the 19 CA repeat of the IGF1 gene, the -202 C > A IGFBP3, the G972R IRS, and the G1057D IRS2 polymorphisms among 1,175 non-Hispanic white (NHW) and 576 Hispanic newly diagnosed breast cancer cases and 1,330 NHW and 727 Hispanic controls living in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. RESULTS: Among...
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