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Epigenome-wide association study for lifetime estrogen exposure identifies an epigenetic signature associated with breast cancer risk
BACKGROUND: It is well established that estrogens and other hormonal factors influence breast cancer susceptibility. We hypothesized that a woman’s total lifetime estrogen exposure accumulates changes in DNA methylation, detectable in the blood, which could be used in risk assessment for breast canc...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6492393/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31039828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-019-0664-7 |