Repeat polymorphisms in ESR2 and AR and colorectal cancer risk and prognosis: Results from a German population-based case-control study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rudolph, Anja ^a   Shi, Hong ^a,b   Försti, Asta ^a,c   Hoffmeister, Michael ^a   Sainz, Juan ^a,d   Jansen, Lina ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,c   Brenner, Hermann ^a   Chang Claude, Jenny ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Clinical Research Center   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Colorectal cancer; Estrogen receptor beta; Genetic polymorphism; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; REPETITIVE DNA;

AGE; AR GENE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAG REPEAT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; ESR2 GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920848565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-817     Document Type: Article

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