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FGFR2 genotype and risk of radiation-associated breast cancer in Hodgkin lymphoma.
Blood - 26 Jan 2012
Ma Yussanne P, van Leeuwen Flora E, Cooke Rosie, Broeks Annegien, Enciso-Mora Victor, Olver Bianca, Lloyd Amy, Broderick Peter, Russell Nicola S, Janus Cecile, Ashworth Alan, Houlston Richard S, Swerdlow Anthony J
Abstract excerpt
Women treated at young ages with supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) have a highly increased risk of breast cancer. For personalized advice and follow-up regimens for patients, information is needed on how the radiotherapy-related risk is affected by other breast cancer risk factors. Genome-wide association studies have identified 14 independently replicated common single nucleotide...
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