UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and sulfotransferase polymorphisms, sex hormone concentrations, and tumor receptor status in breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Sparks, Rachel ^a,b   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^a,b   Bigler, Jeannette ^a   Tworoger, Shelley S ^a,b   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Rajan, Kumar B ^a   Porter, Peggy ^a   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^c   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^d   Yuan, Xiaopu ^a   Lin, Ming Gang ^a   McVarish, Lynda ^a   Aiello, Erin J ^a,e   McTiernan, Anne ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen; Glucuronosyltransferase; Polymorphism; Sulfotransferase; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE; ARYL SULFOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN URIDINE DIPHOSPHOGLUCURONOSYL TRANSFERASE 1A1; BILIRUBIN URIDINE-DIPHOSPHOGLUCURONOSYL TRANSFERASE 1A1; SULT1A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UDP GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B15, HUMAN; UDP-GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B15, HUMAN; UGT2B11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UGT2B7 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ASIAN; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARYLSULFOTRANSFERASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SULFOTRANSFERASES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 4644371620     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr818     Document Type: Article

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