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Breast Cancer
Reports on breast cancer findings from Northwestern University provide new insights
June 26th, 2008
"Breast cancer risk is higher among obese women and women,with diabetes. Adiponectin is a protein exclusively secreted by adipose tissue, circulating levels of which have been associated with breast cancer risk," investigators in the United States report. "Whether genetic variants within the adiponectin pathway are associated with breast cancer risk is unknown. To explore the association of genetic variants of the adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and adiponectin receptor 1 (ADIPOR1) genes with breast cancer risk, we conducted a case control study of female patients with breast cancer and healthy female controls from New York City recruited between 1999 and 2004. We genotyped 733...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-26)
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