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Serum levels of IGF-I and BRCA penetrance: a case control study in breast cancer families.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2011
Pasanisi Patrizia, Bruno Eleonora, Venturelli Elisabetta, Manoukian Siranoush, Barile Monica, Peissel Bernard, De Giacomi Clelia, Bonanni Bernardo, Berrino Jacopo, Berrino Franco
Abstract excerpt
High serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) are associated with an increased risk of sporadic breast cancer (BC). The aim of the present work is to evaluate the association between IGF-I and hereditary BC risk, using a case-control approach. The work represents an "ad interim" cross-sectional analysis of an ongoing study with a prospective design whose aim is to recruit a cohort of women belonging...
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