A new single nucleotide polymorphism in XRCC4 gene is associated with breast cancer susceptibility in Taiwanese patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1 A, 2008, Pages 267-270

  Chiu, Chang Fang ^a,b   Wang, Hwei Chung ^a   Wang, Chung Hsing ^a   Wang, Cheng L I ^a   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a   Shen, Chen Yang ^c   Chiang, Su Yin ^b   Bau, Da Tian ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Carcinogenesis; Polymorphism; XRCC4

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; XRCC4 GENE;

ALLELES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 40549141437     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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