Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research from University of Oxford discussed
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 29th, 2010
According to recent research published in the journal Lancet, "Information is scarce about the combined effects on breast cancer incidence of low-penetrance genetic susceptibility polymorphisms and environmental factors (reproductive, behavioural, and anthropometric risk factors for breast cancer). To test for evidence of gene environment interactions, we compared genotypic relative risks for breast cancer across the other risk factors in a large UK prospective study."
"We tested gene environment interactions in 7610 women who developed breast cancer and 10196 controls without the disease, studying the effects of 12 polymorphisms (FGFR2-rs2981582,...
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