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Evaluation of breast cancer risk in a multigenic model including low penetrance genes involved in xenobiotic and estrogen metabolisms.
Nutrition and cancer - 1 Jan 2010
Delort Laetitia, Satih Samir, Kwiatkowski Fabrice, Bignon Yves-Jean, Bernard-Gallon Dominique J
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer has become the most frequent cancer among women in Westernized countries. The majority of breast cancers are due to low penetrance genes, which can act with environmental factors, particularly nutrition. Polymorphisms in gene coding for xenobiotic and estrogen metabolic pathways could increase individual cancer susceptibility and lead to the indication of individuals at higher cancer risk. A...
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