Androgen receptor and prostate-specific antigen gene polymorphisms and breast cancer in African-American women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2990-2994

  Wang, Wei ^a   John, Esther M ^b   Ingles, Sue Ann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSA GENE; RISK REDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLELES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 30344469699     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0310     Document Type: Article

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