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Polygenic risk of coronary artery disease for long-term survivors of breast cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Oct 2025
Watt Gordon P, Reiner Anne S, Shu Xiang, Malone Kathleen E, Knight Julia A, John Esther M, Chow Eric J, Lynch Charles F, Mellemkjær Lene, Woods Meghan, Liang Xiaolin, Tran Anh Phong, Oh Jung Hun, Derkach Andriy, Bernstein Jonine L
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death for long-term breast cancer survivors. We evaluated whether a polygenic risk score for coronary artery disease (CAD-PRS) was associated with the risk of incident CAD for survivors of unilateral or contralateral breast cancer. METHODS: The study included 1307 women with breast cancer first diagnosed at younger than 55 years of age who participated in...
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