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Variants in activators and downstream targets of ATM, radiation exposure, and contralateral breast cancer risk in the WECARE study.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2012
Brooks Jennifer D, Teraoka Sharon N, Reiner Anne S, Satagopan Jaya M, Bernstein Leslie, Thomas Duncan C, Capanu Marinela, Stovall Marilyn, Smith Susan A, Wei Shan, Shore Roy E, Boice John D, Lynch Charles F, Mellemkjaer Lene, Malone Kathleen E, Liang Xiaolin, Haile Robert W, Concannon Patrick, Bernstein Jonine L
Abstract excerpt
Ionizing radiation (IR) is a breast carcinogen that induces DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), and variation in genes involved in the DNA DSB response has been implicated in radiation-induced breast cancer. The Women's Environmental, Cancer, and Radiation Epidemiology (WECARE) study is a population-based study of cases with contralateral breast cancer (CBC) and matched controls with unilateral breast cancer. The...
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