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Breast Cancer
New findings from National Institutes of Health in the area of breast cancer published
January 15th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Exposure to ionizing radiation hits been consistently associated with increased risk of female breast cancer. Although the majority of DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation is corrected by the base-excision repair pathway, certain types of multiple-base damage can only be repaired through the nucleotide excision repair pathway." "In a nested case-control study of breast cancer in US radiologic technologists exposed to low, levels of ionizing radiation (858 cases. 1.083 controls), we examined whether risk (If breast cancer conferred 1), v radiation was modified by nucleotide excision gene polymorphisms ERCC2 (XPD)...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-15)
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