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SUBMITTER: He C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3446388 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
He Chunyan C Chasman Daniel I DI Dreyfus Jill J Hwang Shih-Jen SJ Ruiter Rikje R Sanna Serena S Buring Julie E JE Fernández-Rhodes Lindsay L Franceschini Nora N Hankinson Susan E SE Hofman Albert A Lunetta Kathryn L KL Palmieri Giuseppe G Porcu Eleonora E Rivadeneira Fernando F Rose Lynda M LM Splansky Greta L GL Stolk Lisette L Uitterlinden André G AG Chanock Stephen J SJ Crisponi Laura L Demerath Ellen W EW Murabito Joanne M JM Ridker Paul M PM Stricker Bruno H BH Hunter David J DJ
Breast cancer research : BCR 20120320 2
<h4>Introduction</h4>A younger age at menarche and an older age at menopause are well established risk factors for breast cancer. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified several novel genetic loci associated with these two traits. However, the association between these loci and breast cancer risk is unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, we investigated 19 and 17 newly identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the ReproGen Consortium that have been associated with age ...[more]