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Lack of association between oestrogen receptor polymorphisms and change in bone mineral density with tamoxifen therapy.
British journal of cancer - 19 Jan 2010
Henry N L, Nguyen A, Azzouz F, Li L, Robarge J, Philips S, Cao D, Skaar T C, Rae J M, Storniolo A M, Flockhart D A, Hayes D F, Stearns V
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BACKGROUND: Tamoxifen, a selective oestrogen receptor (ER) modulator, increases bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women and decreases BMD in premenopausal women. We hypothesised that inherited variants in candidate genes involved in oestrogen signalling and tamoxifen metabolism might b...
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