The RAD51D E233G variant and breast cancer risk: Population-based and clinic-based family studies of Australian women

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-39

  Dowty, James G ^a   Lose, Felicity ^b,c   Jenkins, Mark A ^a   Chang, Jiun Horng ^a   Chen, XiaoQing ^b   Beesley, Jonathan ^b   Dite, Gillian S ^a   Southey, Melissa C ^a   Byrnes, Graham B ^a   Tesoriero, Andrea ^a   Giles, Graham G ^d   Hopper, John L ^a   Spurdle, Amanda B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; RAD51D; Regressive logistic model; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD51D PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAZARD RATIO; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949114190     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9832-0     Document Type: Article

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