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P53 gene polymorphisms and breast cancer risk in Arab women.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Sept 2011
Alawadi Shafika, Ghabreau Lina, Alsaleh Mervat, Abdulaziz Zainab, Rafeek Mohamed, Akil Nizar, Alkhalaf Moussa
Abstract excerpt
The association between polymorphisms in the p53 tumor suppressor gene and breast cancer risk has been studied in many human populations with conflicting conclusions. However, similar studies in Arab women are not available, and the status of these polymorphisms in this ethnic population is not known. We investigated the status of four known p53 gene polymorphisms and their possible role in breast cancer risk in...
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