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GnRH and LHR gene variants predict adverse outcome in premenopausal breast cancer patients.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2007
Piersma Djura, Themmen Axel P N, Look Maxime P, Klijn Jan G M, Foekens John A, Uitterlinden André G, Pols Huibert A P, Berns Els M J J
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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer development and progression are dependent on estrogen activity. In premenopausal women, estrogen production is mainly regulated through the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. METHODS: We have investigated the prognostic significance of two variants of genes invol...
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