Functional polymorphisms in the TERT promoter are associated with risk of serous epithelial ovarian and breast cancers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Beesley, Jonathan ^a   Pickett, Hilda A ^b,c   Johnatty, Sharon E ^a   Dunning, Alison M ^d   Chen, Xiaoqing ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Michailidou, Kyriaki ^d   Lu, Yi ^a   Rider, David N ^e   Palmieri, Rachel T ^f   Stutz, Michael D ^b,c   Lambrechts, Diether ^g,h   Despierre, Evelyn ⁱ   Lambrechts, Sandrina ⁱ   Vergote, Ignace ⁱ   Chang Claude, Jenny ^j   Nickels, Stefan ^j   Vrieling, Alina ^j   Flesch Janys, Dieter ^k   Wang Gohrke, Shan ^l   Eilber, Ursula ^j   Bogdanova, Natalia ^m,n   Antonenkova, Natalia ⁿ   Runnebaum, Ingo B ^o   Dörk, Thilo ^m   Goodman, Marc T ^p   Lurie, Galina ^p   Wilkens, Lynne R ^p   Matsuno, Rayna K ^p   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^q,r   Aben, Katja K H ^q,r   Marees, Tamara ^q   Massuger, Leon F A G ^q   Fridley, Brooke L ^e   Vierkant, Robert A ^e   Bandera, Elisa V ^s   Olson, Sara H ^t   Orlow, Irene ^t   Rodriguez Rodriguez, Lorna ^s   Cook, Linda S ^u   Le, Nhu D ^u   Brooks Wilson, Angela ^u   Kelemen, Linda E ^u   Campbell, Ian ^v   Gayther, Simon A ^w   Ramus, Susan J ^w   Gentry Maharaj, Aleksandra ^x   Menon, Usha ^x   Ahmed, Shahana ^d   Baynes, Caroline ^d   Pharoah, Paul D ^d   Muir, Kenneth ^y   Lophatananon, Artitaya ^y   Chaiwerawattana, Arkom ^z   Wiangnon, Surapon ^aa   Macgregor, Stuart ^a   Easton, Douglas F ^d   Reddel, Roger R ^b,c   Goode, Ellen L ^e   Chenevix Trench, Georgia ^a   more..

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^j GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^m HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

ⁿ Byelorussian Institute for Oncology and Medical Radiology   (Belarus)

^o FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^q RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r Integraal Kankercentrum Oost   (Netherlands)

^s ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^t MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^u ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^v PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^z MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^aa KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PROMOTER REGION; SEROUS EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; OVARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 80052846746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024987     Document Type: Article

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