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Polymorphisms of the XRCC1 gene and breast cancer risk in the Mexican population.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2015
Macías-Gómez Nelly M, Peralta-Leal Valeria, Meza-Espinoza Juan Pablo, Gutiérrez-Angulo Melva, Durán-González Jorge, Ramírez-González Juan Manuel, Gaspar-Del Toro Alejandra, Norberto-Rodríguez Adolfo, Leal-Ugarte Evelia
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this case-control study was to evaluate the association of XRCC1 Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln polymorphisms with susceptibility to breast cancer (BC) in a Mexican population. We analysed DNA samples from 345 BC patients and 352 control subjects by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The frequency of the 399Gln allele was 23% in controls and 29% in patients [OR 1.38...
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