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Genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system in breast cancer patients.
Experimental oncology - 1 Jun 2013
Fishchuk L E, Gorovenko N G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancer pathologies in women. Genetic polymorphism of genes of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is considered to be associated with cancer development, in particular, with BC. AIM: To study the influence of polymorphic variants of genes coding for RAS components, on the risk of BC development in Ukrainian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the study 131 patients...
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