Breast Cancer
Recent studies by L. Kipikasova and co-authors add new data to breast cancer findings
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 21st, 2008
According to recent research from Kosice, Slovakia, "The purpose of this case control study was to evaluate the role of X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) and xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD) genotypes as genetic indicators of susceptibility to breast cancer (BC). We analysed DNA samples from 114 breast cancer patients and 113 control subjects using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism."
"For the single nucleotide polymorphisms in XRCC1 exon 10 (Arg399Gln, G/A) and XPD exon 23 (Lys751Gln, A/C), no remarkable differences for genotype distribution and allele frequencies were observed between BC group and control group in the...
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