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Genetic polymorphisms involved in insulin-like growth factor (IGF) pathway in relation to mammographic breast density and IGF levels.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Apr 2008
Diorio Caroline, Brisson Jacques, Bérubé Sylvie, Pollak Michael
Abstract excerpt
The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) pathway is believed to play a role in carcinogenesis of the mammary gland. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of IGF-I, IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), IGF receptor 1, insulin receptor substrate 1, and phosphoinositide-3-kinase, catalytic, beta polypeptide genes, which are members of the IGF pathway, have been associated with risk of common cancers, breast density, and/or...
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