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Genetic variants associated with breast size also influence breast cancer risk

BACKGROUND: While some factors of breast morphology, such as density, are directly implicated in breast cancer, the relationship between breast size and cancer is less clear. Breast size is moderately heritable, yet the genetic variants leading to differences in breast size have not been identified....

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Autores principales: Eriksson, Nicholas, Benton, Geoffrey M, Do, Chuong B, Kiefer, Amy K, Mountain, Joanna L, Hinds, David A, Francke, Uta, Tung, Joyce Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22747683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-13-53