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Alcohol, genetics and risk of breast cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2012
McCarty Catherine A, Reding Douglas J, Commins John, Williams Craig, Yeager Meredith, Burmester James K, Schairer Catherine, Ziegler Regina G
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We tested the hypothesis that genes involved in the alcohol oxidation pathway modify the association between alcohol intake and breast cancer. Subjects were women aged 55-74 at baseline from the screening arm of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Incident breast cancers were identified through annual health surveys. Controls were frequency matched to cases by age and year...
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