Article
Common breast cancer susceptibility loci are associated with triple-negative breast cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2011
Stevens Kristen N, Vachon Celine M, Lee Adam M, Slager Susan, Lesnick Timothy, Olswold Curtis, Fasching Peter A, Miron Penelope, Eccles Diana, Carpenter Jane E, Godwin Andrew K, Ambrosone Christine, Winqvist Robert, Brauch Hiltrud, Schmidt Marjanka K, Cox Angela, Cross Simon S, Sawyer Elinor, Hartmann Arndt, Beckmann Matthias W, Schulz-Wendtland Rüdiger, Ekici Arif B, Tapper William J, Gerty Susan M, Durcan Lorraine, Graham Nikki, Hein Rebecca, Nickels Stephan, Flesch-Janys Dieter, Heinz Judith, Sinn Hans-Peter, Konstantopoulou Irene, Fostira Florentia, Pectasides Dimitrios, Dimopoulos Athanasios M, Fountzilas George, Clarke Christine L, Balleine Rosemary, Olson Janet E, Fredericksen Zachary, Diasio Robert B, Pathak Harsh, Ross Eric, Weaver JoEllen, Rüdiger Thomas, Försti Asta, Dünnebier Thomas, Ademuyiwa Foluso, Kulkarni Swati, Pylkäs Katri, Jukkola-Vuorinen Arja, Ko Yon-Dschun, Van Limbergen Erik, Janssen Hilde, Peto Julian, Fletcher Olivia, Giles Graham G, Baglietto Laura, Verhoef Senno, Tomlinson Ian, Kosma Veli-Matti, Beesley Jonathan, Greco Dario, Blomqvist Carl, Irwanto Astrid, Liu Jianjun, Blows Fiona M, Dawson Sarah-Jane, Margolin Sara, Mannermaa Arto, Martin Nicholas G, Montgomery Grant W, Lambrechts Diether, dos Santos Silva Isabel, Severi Gianluca, Hamann Ute, Pharoah Paul, Easton Douglas F, Chang-Claude Jenny, Yannoukakos Drakoulis, Nevanlinna Heli, Wang Xianshu, Couch Fergus J
Abstract excerpt
Triple-negative breast cancers are an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with poor survival, but there remains little known about the etiologic factors that promote its initiation and development. Commonly inherited breast cancer risk factors identified through genome-wide association studies display heterogeneity of effect among breast cancer subtypes as defined by the status of estrogen and progesterone...
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