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Novel breast cancer risk alleles and endometrial cancer risk.
International journal of cancer - 15 Dec 2008
McGrath Monica, Lee I-Min, Buring Julie, Hunter David J, De Vivo Immaculata
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies have identified several novel risk alleles for breast cancer. We hypothesized that genetic variants that are associated with breast cancer, a hormone-related disease, would also be associated with endometrial cancer, another hormone-related disease. We conducted a case-control study nested within the Nurses' Health Study and the Women's Health Study to investigate the associations...
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