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Polymorphisms in XPC and ERCC2 genes, smoking and breast cancer risk.
International journal of cancer - 1 May 2008
Shore Roy E, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte Anne, Currie Diane, Mohrenweiser Harvey, Afanasyeva Yelena, Koenig Karen L, Arslan Alan A, Toniolo Paolo, Wirgin Isaac
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the associations of breast cancer risk with polymorphisms in the XPC and XPD/ERCC2 DNA nucleotide excision repair genes, a case-control study nested within a prospective cohort of 14,274 women was conducted. Genotypes were characterized for 612 incident, invasive breast cancer cases and their 1:1 matched controls. The homozygous variant of a poly(AT) insertion/deletion polymorphism in intron 9 of the...
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