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SUBMITTER: Stevens KN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3327299 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer research 20110815 19
Triple-negative breast cancers are an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with poor survival, but there remains little known about the etiologic factors that promote its initiation and development. Commonly inherited breast cancer risk factors identified through genome-wide association studies display heterogeneity of effect among breast cancer subtypes as defined by the status of estrogen and progesterone receptors. In the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium (TNBCC), 22 common breast cance ...[more]