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Investigation of prognostic value of polymorphisms within estrogen metabolizing genes in Lithuanian breast cancer patients.
BMC medical genetics - 4 Feb 2015
Savukaitytė Aistė, Ugenskienė Rasa, Jankauskaitė Roberta, Čereškevičius Darius, Šepetauskienė Eglė, Juozaitytė Elona
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most frequent oncological disease among women. Estrogens are known to play an important role in breast cancer development. Recognition of the relationship between polymorphisms within estrogen metabolizing genes and conventional prognostic factors of breast cancer might improve our knowledge on individualized breast cancer prognosis. Therefore, we aimed to investigate possible...
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