Haplotypes of the estrogen receptor beta gene and breast cancer risk.

Exposure to exogenous (oral contraceptives, postmenopausal hormone therapy) and endogenous (number of ovulatory cycles, adiposity) steroid hormones is associated with breast cancer risk. Breast cancer risk associated with these exposures could hypothetically be modified by genes in the steroid hormo...

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Main Authors: Cox, D, Bretsky, P, Kraft, P, Pharoah, P, Albanes, D, Altshuler, D, Amiano, P, Berglund, G, Boeing, H, Buring, J, Burtt, N, Calle, E, Canzian, F, Chanock, S, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Colditz, G, Feigelson, H, Haiman, C, Hankinson, SE, Hirschhorn, J, Henderson, B, Hoover, R, Hunter, D, Kaaks, R, Kolonel, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008