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DNA repair gene variants associated with benign breast disease in high cancer risk women.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jan 2009
Jorgensen Timothy J, Helzlsouer Kathy J, Clipp Sandra C, Bolton Judy Hoffman, Crum Rosa M, Visvanathan Kala
Abstract excerpt
Benign breast disease (BBD) is a risk factor for breast cancer and may have a heritable component. Deficient DNA repair has been implicated in breast cancer etiology and may exert its effect before BBD, a known precursor. The association between allelic variants in DNA repair genes and BBD was examined in a cohort of women in Washington County, Maryland. BBD was defined by two criteria: (a) a physician diagnosis...
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