No association of risk variants for diabetes and obesity with breast cancer: the Multiethnic Cohort and PAGE studies

Body mass index is an established risk factor for post-menopausal breast cancer. Epidemiologic studies have also reported a positive association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and breast cancer risk. To investigate a genetic basis linking these common phenotypes with breast cancer, we tested 31 commo...

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Main Authors: Chen, Fang, Wilkens, Lynne R., Monroe, Kristine R., Stram, Daniel O., Kolonel, Laurence N., Henderson, Brian E., Marchand, Loïc Le, Haiman, Christopher A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201112/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21357383
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0135
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