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SUBMITTER: Brasky TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2992094 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brasky Theodore M TM Bonner Matthew R MR Moysich Kirsten B KB Ochs-Balcom Heather M HM Marian Catalin C Ambrosone Christine B CB Nie Jing J Tao Meng Hua MH Edge Stephen B SB Trevisan Maurizio M Shields Peter G PG Freudenheim Jo L JL
Breast cancer research and treatment 20100730 1
Chronic inflammation has been consistently associated with cancers of several sites, including the breast, and inhibition of inflammation through the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been inversely associated with risk. As NSAIDs bind with cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), genetic variation in COX-2 may influence breast cancer risk by affecting inflammatory response and response to NSAID use. We identified eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for COX-2 and examined their ...[more]