FGF receptor genes and breast cancer susceptibility: results from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium.

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women. Genome-wide association studies have identified FGFR2 as a breast cancer susceptibility gene. Common variation in other fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors might also modify risk. We tested this hypothesis by studying ge...

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Main Authors: Agarwal, D, Pineda, S, Michailidou, K, Herranz, J, Pita, G, Moreno, LT, Alonso, MR, Dennis, J, Wang, Q, Bolla, M, Meyer, K, Menéndez-Rodríguez, P, Hardisson, D, Mendiola, M, González-Neira, A, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Swerdlow, A, Ashworth, A, Orr, N, Jones, M, Matsuo, K, Ito, H, Iwata, H, Kondo, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014