Article
Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and breast cancer risk in Russian population: a case-control study.
Clinical and experimental medicine - 1 Feb 2016
Shadrina Alexandra S, Ermolenko Natalia A, Boyarskikh Uljana A, Sinkina Tatiana V, Lazarev Alexandr F, Petrova Valentina D, Filipenko Maxim L
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation in DNA repair genes can alter an individual's capacity to repair damaged DNA and influence the risk of cancer. We tested seven polymorphisms in DNA repair genes XRCC1, ERCC2, XRCC3, XRCC2, EXOI and TP53 for a possible association with breast cancer risk in a sample of 672 case and 672 control Russian women. An association was observed for allele A of the polymorphism XRCC1 (R399Q) rs25487...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Breast Neoplasms
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA Repair
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Female
