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Estrogen-related genes and their contribution to racial differences in breast cancer risk.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 May 2012
Reding Kerryn W, Chen Chu, Lowe Kimberly, Doody David R, Carlson Christopher S, Chen Christina T, Houck John, Weiss Linda K, Marchbanks Polly A, Bernstein Leslie, Spirtas Robert, McDonald Jill A, Strom Brian L, Burkman Ronald T, Simon Michael S, Liff Jonathan M, Daling Janet R, Malone Kathleen E
Abstract excerpt
Racial differences in breast cancer risk, including the risks of hormone receptor subtypes of breast cancer, have been previously reported. We evaluated whether variation in genes related to estrogen metabolism (COMT, CYP1A1, CYP1B1, CYP17A1, CYP19A1, ESR1, GSTM1, GSTP1, GSTT1, HSD17B1, SULT1A1, and UGT1A1) contributes to breast cancer risk and/or racial differences in risk within the CARE study, a...
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