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Selected estrogen receptor 1 and androgen receptor gene polymorphisms in relation to risk of breast cancer and fibrocystic breast conditions among Chinese women.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Feb 2011
Sakoda Lori C, Blackston Christie R, Doherty Jennifer A, Ray Roberta M, Lin Ming Gang, Gao Dao Li, Stalsberg Helge, Feng Ziding, Thomas David B, Chen Chu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms in sex hormone receptor-encoding genes may alter the activity of sex hormone receptors and thereby affect susceptibility to breast cancer and related outcomes. METHODS: In a case-control study of women from Shanghai, China, we examined the risk of breast cancer and fibrocystic breast conditions associated with the ESR1 PvuII (rs2234693) and XbaI (rs9340799) and AR CAG repeat ((CAG)(n))...
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