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Patients with a High Polygenic Risk of Breast Cancer do not have An Increased Risk of Radiotherapy Toxicity.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Mar 2016
Dorling Leila, Barnett Gillian C, Michailidou Kyriaki, Coles Charlotte E, Burnet Neil G, Yarnold John, Elliott Rebecca M, Dunning Alison M, Pharoah Paul D P, West Catharine M
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PURPOSE: It has been hypothesized that increased predisposition to breast cancer may correlate with radiosensitivity, and thus increased risk of toxicity following breast irradiation. This study investigated the relationship between common breast cancer risk variants and radiotherapy toxicity. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: SNP genotypes were determined in female breast cancer patients from the RAPPER (Radiogenomics:...
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