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Genetic variation in DNA repair pathway genes and premenopausal breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2009
Han Jiali, Haiman Christopher, Niu Tianhua, Guo Qun, Cox David G, Willett Walter C, Hankinson Susan E, Hunter David J
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PURPOSE: We comprehensively evaluated genetic variants in DNA repair genes with premenopausal breast cancer risk. METHODS: In this nested case-control study of 239 prospectively ascertained premenopausal breast cancer cases and 477 matched controls within the Nurses' Health Study II, we evaluated 1,463 genetic variants in 60 candidate genes across five DNA repair pathways, along with DNA polymerases, Fanconi...
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