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Association between androgen receptor gene CAG repeat polymorphism and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Dec 2010
Hao YouJin, Montiel Rafael, Li BingHui, Huang Enyi, Zeng Lewie, Huang YongSheng
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Androgens have been hypothesized to influence risk of breast cancer through several possible mechanisms, including their conversion to estradiol and their binding to the estrogen receptor and/or androgen receptor (AR) in the breast. The CAG repeat polymorphism in AR exon 1 has been implicated in breast cancer risk; however, studies on the association between this polymorphism and breast cancer risk remain...
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