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SUBMITTER: Burford B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3670483 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Burford B B Gentry-Maharaj A A Graham R R Allen D D Pedersen J W JW Nudelman A S AS Blixt O O Fourkala E O EO Bueti D D Dawnay A A Ford J J Desai R R David L L Trinder P P Acres B B Schwientek T T Gammerman A A Reis C A CA Silva L L Osório H H Hallett R R Wandall H H HH Mandel U U Hollingsworth M A MA Jacobs I I Fentiman I I Clausen H H Taylor-Papadimitriou J J Menon U U Burchell J M JM
British journal of cancer 20130507 10
<h4>Background</h4>Autoantibodies have been detected in sera before diagnosis of cancer leading to interest in their potential as screening/early detection biomarkers. As we have found autoantibodies to MUC1 glycopeptides to be elevated in early-stage breast cancer patients, in this study we analysed these autoantibodies in large population cohorts of sera taken before cancer diagnosis.<h4>Methods</h4>Serum samples from women who subsequently developed breast cancer, and aged-matched controls, w ...[more]