Evidences for association of the CASP8 -652 6N del promoter polymorphism with age at diagnosis in familial breast cancer cases

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-608

  De Vecchi, Giovanna ^a,b   Verderio, Paolo ^b   Pizzamiglio, Sara ^b   Manoukian, Siranoush ^b   Barile, Monica ^c   Fortuzzi, Stefano ^d   Ravagnani, Fernando ^b   Pierotti, Marco A ^b   Radice, Paolo ^a,b   Peterlongo, Paolo ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d IFOM IEO Campus   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASPASE 8; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549114015     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-9963-y     Document Type: Letter

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