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17HSD 2 may be higher in African-American breast cancer and is associated with estrogen receptor-negative tumors.
Cancer genomics & proteomics - 1 Jan 2000
Yaeger Rona, Nolan Patricia C, Su Tao, Avila-Bront Alexa, Wang Xiaomei, Cheung Ying Kuen K, Liu Hui, Rangarajan Vibhav S, Hibshoosh Hanina, Powell Charles A, Joe Andrew K
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BACKGROUND: African-American women develop more aggressive breast cancers and at an earlier age compared with Caucasian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compared gene expression profiles of breast cancer cell lines that were developed from African-American and Caucasian patients to identify biological differences in breast cancers that develop in these groups. Real-time PCR was used to evaluate mRNA expression in...
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