Article
Estrogen receptor beta rs1271572 polymorphism and invasive ovarian carcinoma risk: pooled analysis within the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Lurie Galina, Wilkens Lynne R, Thompson Pamela J, Shvetsov Yurii B, Matsuno Rayna K, Carney Michael E, Palmieri Rachel T, Wu Anna H, Pike Malcolm C, Pearce Celeste L, Menon Usha, Gentry-Maharaj Aleksandra, Gayther Simon A, Ramus Susan J, Whittemore Alice S, McGuire Valerie, Sieh Weiva, Pharoah Paul D P, Song Honglin, Gronwald Jacek, Jakubowska Anna, Cybulski Cezary, Lubinski Jan, Schildkraut Joellen M, Berchuck Andrew, Krüger Kjær Susanne, Høgdall Estrid, Fasching Peter A, Beckmann Matthias W, Ekici Arif B, Hein Alexander, Chenevix-Trench Georgia, Webb Penelope M, Beesley Jonathan, Goodman Marc T
Abstract excerpt
The association of ovarian carcinoma risk with the polymorphism rs1271572 in the estrogen receptor beta (ESR2) gene was examined in 4946 women with primary invasive ovarian carcinoma and 6582 controls in a pooled analysis of ten case-control studies within the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC). All participants were non-Hispanic white women. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were...
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