Modification of Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women by a Polymorphic Sequence in the egfr Gene

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Brandt, Burkhard ^a   Hermann, Silke ^b   Straif, Kurt ^c   Tidow, Nicola ^a   Buerger, Horst ^a   Chang Claude, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGFR GENE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES;

EID: 1642494860     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-2623     Document Type: Article

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