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Genetic polymorphisms, the metabolism of estrogens and breast cancer: a review.
European journal of gynaecological oncology - 1 Jan 2008
Bugano D D G, Conforti-Froes N, Yamaguchi N H, Baracat E C
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer is the most common female cancer and the second cause of cancer death in women. Despite recent breakthroughs, much of the etiology of this disease is unknown and the most important risk factor, i.e., exposure to endogenous and exogenous estrogen throughout life cannot explain the heterogeneity of prognosis nor clinical features of patients. Recently, many gene polymorphisms in the metabolism of...
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