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SUBMITTER: Huang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2692636 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Yifan Y Trentham-Dietz Amy A García-Closas Montserrat M Newcomb Polly A PA Titus-Ernstoff Linda L Hampton John M JM Chanock Stephen J SJ Haines Jonathan L JL Egan Kathleen M KM
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20090317 4
CYP1B1 is a key enzyme involved in estrogen metabolism and may play an important role in the development and progression of breast cancer. In a population-based case-control study, we examined eight CYP1B1 haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms in relation to invasive breast cancer risk. Analyses were based on 1,655 cases and 1,470 controls; all women were Caucasian. Among the individual single nucleotide polymorphisms, one (rs9341266) was associated with increased risk of breast canc ...[more]