Article
Energy homeostasis genes and survival after breast cancer diagnosis: the Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Jan 2016
Pellatt Andrew J, Lundgreen Abbie, Wolff Roger K, Hines Lisa, John Esther M, Slattery Martha L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The leptin-signaling pathway and other genes involved in energy homeostasis (EH) have been examined in relation to breast cancer risk as well as to obesity. We test the hypothesis that genetic variation in EH genes influences survival after diagnosis with breast cancer and that body mass index (BMI) will modify that risk. METHODS: We evaluated associations between 10 EH genes and survival among 1,186...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
