The patched polymorphism Pro1315Leu (C3944T) may modulate the association between use of oral contraceptives and breast cancer risk

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 779-783

  Chang Claude, Jenny ^a,f   Dunning, Alison ^b   Schnitzbauer, Udo ^c   Galmbacher, Petra ^a   Tee, Louise ^b   Wjst, Matthias ^c   Chalmers, Jennifer ^c   Zemzoum, Iris ^d   Harbeck, Nadia ^d   Pharoah, Paul D P ^b   Hahn, Heidi ^c,e  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f Division of Clinical Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gene environment interaction; Genetic polymorphism; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATCHED GENE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037351887     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10889     Document Type: Article

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