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Breast Cancer
Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer
March 2nd, 2006
Breast cancer data are the focus of recent research from the United States, Germany and loic@crch. Study 1: Androgen receptor transactivation activity reduces breast cancer risk in African-American women. "Several previous studies have found the CAG repeat polymorphism in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) gene to be associated with breast cancer risk among some groups of Caucasian and Asian women. In a population-based case-control study of 488 African-American women (239 cases and 249 controls)," examined this polymorphism along with a polymorphism (-158 G/A) in an androgen-regulated gene (PSA) whose expression has been correlated...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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