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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in chromosomal instability genes and risk and clinical outcome of breast cancer: a Swedish prospective case-control study.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Feb 2009
Brendle Annika, Brandt Andreas, Johansson Robert, Enquist Kerstin, Hallmans Göran, Hemminki Kari, Lenner Per, Försti Asta
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a major characteristic of many cancers. We investigated whether putatively functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes related to CIN (CENPF, ESPL1, NEK2, PTTG1, ZWILCH, ZWINT) affect breast cancer (BC) risk and clinical outcome in a Swedish cohort of 749 incident BC cases with detailed clinical data and up to 15 years of follow-up and 1493 matched controls. As a...
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