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Common genetic variation in IGF1, IGFBP1 and IGFBP3 and ovarian cancer risk.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Dec 2009
Terry Kathryn L, Tworoger Shelley S, Gates Margaret A, Cramer Daniel W, Hankinson Susan E
Abstract excerpt
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1 and its binding proteins foster cellular proliferation and inhibit apoptosis. In vitro studies show that IGF1 increases ovarian cell growth and invasive potential, suggesting a role for the IGF1 pathway in ovarian cancer etiology. We evaluated genetic variation in the IGF1, IGFBP1 and IGFBP3 genes in relation to ovarian cancer risk by genotyping 29 haplotype-tagging single...
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