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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer findings from Technion published
July 2nd, 2009
According to a study from Haifa, Israel, "Exposure to sex hormones is a major risk factor for breast cancer and current treatments include hormone modifying drugs, among them aromatase inhibitors. We studied the association of CYP19 (Val(80) and [TTTA](n)) polymorphisms, the gene translated to aromatase, and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA carriers and noncarriers." "The study consisted of 958 cancer cases and 931 healthy controls, including 474 carriers and 1,415 noncarriers. Cases and controls came from a population-based study of breast cancer in Israel, enriched with BRCA carriers from a clinical familial cancer service. Val(80) G/G genotype was associated with...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-02)
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