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Joint relative risks for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer from a clinical model, polygenic risk score, and sex hormones.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Nov 2017
Shieh Yiwey, Hu Donglei, Ma Lin, Huntsman Scott, Gard Charlotte C, Leung Jessica W T, Tice Jeffrey A, Ziv Elad, Kerlikowske Karla, Cummings Steven R
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BACKGROUND: Models that predict the risk of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers may improve our ability to target chemoprevention. We investigated the contributions of sex hormones to the discrimination of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) risk model and a polygenic risk score comprised of 83 single nucleotide polymorphisms. METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study of 110 women...
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