Breast Cancer
Findings from Pomeranian Medical University, Cancer Center advance knowledge in breast cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 7th, 2006
Investigators publish new data in the report "MC1R common variants, CDKN2A and their association with melanoma and breast cancer risk." According to a study from Szczecin, Poland, "We sought to examine the association between MC1R variants and the risk of melanoma and breast cancer in Polish population. We also determined the prevalence of compound heterozygous carriers of MC1R and CDKN2A (A148T) variants."
"We examined 500 unselected melanoma cases, 511 consecutive invasive breast cancer patients, 800 newborns, 421 healthy adults matched for sex and age with the melanoma cases and 511 healthy women matched for sex and age with the breast cancer cases. A statistically...
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