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Five polymorphisms of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and risk of breast cancer: a meta-analysis involving 16,703 individuals.
Cytokine - 1 Nov 2011
Wang Kai, Liu Liu, Zhu Zheng-Ming, Shao Jiang-Hua, Xin Lin
Abstract excerpt
Associations between five polymorphisms of vascular endothelial growth factor (i.e., VEGF +936C/T, -1154A/G, -2578C/A, -634G/C and -460T/C) and risk of breast cancer have been extensively studied, and the currently available results are inconclusive. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to further study the associations. The databases of Pubmed, Embase and CNKI were retrieved up to April 1st, 2010. The...
Topics
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
