Breast Cancer

Researchers at Nagoya City University have published new data on breast cancer

Published in Elder Law Weekly, December 10th, 2008

According to recent research published in the Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, "Genetic polymorphisms associated with breast cancer risk are likely to differ among ethnic and molecular subtypes. The ability to identify genetic polymorphisms affecting the risk of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer may lead to the more efficient selection of candidates for chemoprevention with endocrine agents."

"We focused on identifying common genotypes for ER-positive breast cancer in premenopausal Japanese women. We compared genetic polymorphisms of ER alpha, estrogen metabolism genes (CYP17A1, CYP19A1, HSD17B1 COASY, CYP1B1 and COMT), and p53 between...

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