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Breast cancer risk, nightwork, and circadian clock gene polymorphisms.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Aug 2014
Truong Thérèse, Liquet Benoît, Menegaux Florence, Plancoulaine Sabine, Laurent-Puig Pierre, Mulot Claire, Cordina-Duverger Emilie, Sanchez Marie, Arveux Patrick, Kerbrat Pierre, Richardson Sylvia, Guénel Pascal
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Night shift work has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer pointing to a role of circadian disruption. We investigated the role of circadian clock gene polymorphisms and their interaction with nightwork in breast cancer risk in a population-based case-control study in France including 1126 breast cancer cases and 1174 controls. We estimated breast cancer risk associated with each of the 577...
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