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Reproductive risk factors in breast cancer and genetic hormonal pathways: a gene-environment interaction in the MCC-Spain project.
BMC cancer - 12 Mar 2018
Dierssen-Sotos Trinidad, Palazuelos-Calderón Camilo, Jiménez-Moleón José-Juan, Aragonés Nuria, Altzibar Jone M, Castaño-Vinyals Gemma, Martín-Sanchez Vicente, Gómez-Acebo Inés, Guevara Marcela, Tardón Adonina, Pérez-Gómez Beatriz, Amiano Pilar, Moreno Victor, Molina Antonio J, Alonso-Molero Jéssica, Moreno-Iribas Conchi, Kogevinas Manolis, Pollán Marina, Llorca Javier
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Reproductive factors are well known risk factors for breast cancer; however, little is known about how genetic variants in hormonal pathways interact with that relationship. METHODS: One thousand one hundred thirty nine cases of breast cancer in women and 1322 frequency-matched controls were compared. Genetic variants in hormonal pathways (identified in the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes)...
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