Search Results - "Driver, Kristy E."
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Telomere length in prospective and retrospective cancer case-control studies
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-04-2010)“…Previous studies have reported that shorter mean telomere length in lymphocytes was associated with increased susceptibility to common diseases of aging, and…”
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Common Polymorphisms in the Prostaglandin Pathway Genes and Their Association with Breast Cancer Susceptibility and Survival
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-03-2009)“…Purpose: There is evidence that genetic variation in the prostaglandin pathway affects cancer susceptibility and progression. Conflicting data from several…”
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Common Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Genes and Breast Cancer Risk
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-12-2008)“…The proteins involved in homologous recombination are instrumental in the error-free repair of dsDNA breakages, and common germ-line variations in these genes…”
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Subtyping of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry to investigate a relationship between subtype and short and long term survival: a collaborative analysis of data for 10,159 cases from 12 studies
Published in PLoS medicine (01-05-2010)“…Immunohistochemical markers are often used to classify breast cancer into subtypes that are biologically distinct and behave differently. The aim of this study…”
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Multiple Loci With Different Cancer Specificities Within the 8q24 Gene Desert
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (02-07-2008)“…Recent studies based on genome-wide association, linkage, and admixture scan analysis have reported associations of various genetic variants in 8q24 with…”
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CYP2D6 gene variants: association with breast cancer specific survival in a cohort of breast cancer patients from the United Kingdom treated with adjuvant tamoxifen
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-01-2010)“…Tamoxifen is one of the most effective adjuvant breast cancer therapies available. Its metabolism involves the phase I enzyme, cytochrome P4502D6 (CYP2D6),…”
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No Association between TERT CLPTM1L Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs401681 and Mean Telomere Length or Cancer Risk
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-07-2010)“…A recent study reported genetic variants in the TERT-CLPTM1L locus that were associated with mean telomere length, and with risk of multiple cancers. We…”
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Familial relative risks for breast cancer by pathological subtype: a population-based cohort study
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-01-2010)“…The risk of breast cancer to first degree relatives of breast cancer patients is approximately twice that of the general population. Breast cancer, however, is…”
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Association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the cell cycle genes with breast cancer in the British population
Published in Carcinogenesis (New York) (01-02-2008)“…Using a large-scale case–control study, we examined whether common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within 13 genes involved in the cell cycle pathway…”
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CYP2D6 Gene Variants and Their Association with Breast Cancer Susceptibility
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-06-2011)“…The gene encoding the phase I enzyme cytochrome P4502D6 (CYP2D6) has been previously investigated for its potential predictive role in the efficacy of breast…”
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Effects of common germline genetic variation in cell cycle control genes on breast cancer survival: results from a population-based cohort
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-01-2008)“…Somatic alterations have been shown to correlate with breast cancer prognosis and survival, but less is known about the effects of common inherited genetic…”
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No association between TERT-CLPTM1L SNP rs401681 and mean telomere length or cancer risk
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Subtyping of Breast Cancer by Immunohistochemistry to Investigate a Relationship between Subtype and Short and Long Term Survival: A Collaborative Analysis of Data for 10,159 Cases from 12 Studies: e1000279
Published in PLoS medicine (01-05-2010)“…Background Immunohistochemical markers are often used to classify breast cancer into subtypes that are biologically distinct and behave differently. The aim of…”
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