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Clinical relevance of telomerase polymorphism for breast cancer: A systematic review.
Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
de Souza Rodrigues Katherine, Nunes de Matos Neto Joao, Haddad Rodrigo, Madureira de Oliveira Diego
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PURPOSE: To perform a systematic review to explore the clinical relevance of hTERT polymorphisms for breast cancer (BC). METHODS: Twenty-nine polymorphic regions were evaluated after comprehensive searching of 1236 articles, and selection of 9 publications (total of 12986 cases and 16758 controls). RESULTS: About the influence of hTERT variants in BC risk, 3 studies showed that the variant rs2736098 was...
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