Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism at 6q25.1, rs2046210, with endometrial cancer risk among Chinese women

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Li, Guoliang ^a   Xiang, Yong Bing ^b   Courtney, Regina ^a   Cheng, Jia Rong ^b   Huang, Bo ^a   Long, Ji Rong ^a   Cai, Hui ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Cai, Qiuyin ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; Endometrial cancer; Estrogen; Genetic susceptibility; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHINA; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 79954553071     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.010.10516     Document Type: Article

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