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Estrogen receptor alpha polymorphisms and the risk of malignancies.
Pathology oncology research : POR - 1 Dec 2010
Anghel Andrei, Narita Diana, Seclaman Edward, Popovici Emilian, Anghel Mariana, Tamas Liviu
Abstract excerpt
Estrogens represent risk factors for endocrine-related cancers and play also an important role in the development and progression of other malignancies. In order to analyze the associations between estrogen receptor gene alpha polymorphisms and cancers susceptibility, we genotyped six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 163 Caucasian cancer patients--103 breast cancers and 60 other malignancies (colorectal,...
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