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Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism at 6q25.1,rs2046210, with endometrial cancer risk among Chinese women.
Chinese journal of cancer - 1 Feb 2011
Li Guoliang, Xiang Yong-Bing, Courtney Regina, Cheng Jia-Rong, Huang Bo, Long Ji-Rong, Cai Hui, Zheng Wei, Shu Xiao-Ou, Cai Qiuyin
Abstract excerpt
A recent genome-wide association study identified a new susceptibility locus for breast cancer, rs2046210, which is a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located upstream of the estrogen receptor α(ESR1) gene on chromosome 6q25.1. Given that endometrial cancer shares many risk factors with breast cancer and both are related to estrogen exposure and that rs2046210 is in close proximity to the ESR1 gene, we...
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