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Birth weight, breast cancer susceptibility loci, and breast cancer risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 May 2010
Tamimi Rulla M, Lagiou Pagona, Czene Kamila, Liu Jianjun, Ekbom Anders, Hsieh Chung-Cheng, Adami Hans-Olov, Trichopoulos Dimitrios, Hall Per
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BACKGROUND: There is considerable evidence that birth weight is positively associated with breast cancer risk, and seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been conclusively associated with this risk. We have hypothesized that breast cancer susceptibility loci may have a greater influence on breast cancer risk among women with higher birth weight, who are expected to have a larger pool of mammary stem...
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