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Breast Cancer
Investigators at Pomeranian Medical University publish new data on breast cancer
March 26th, 2009
According to a study from Szczecin, Poland, "The aim of the study is to verify the hypothesis that genetic polymorphisms are associated with the predisposition to all malignancies. Using as a model breast cancers from the homogenous Polish population (West Pomeranian region) after stratification of 977 patients by age at diagnosis (under 51 years and above 50 years) and by tumour pathology (ductal cancers-low and high grade, lobular cancers, ER-positive/negative) we tested this hypothesis." "Altogether 20 different groups of breast cancer cases have been analyzed. The results were compared to a group of unaffected controls that were matched by age, sex, ethnicity and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-26)
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