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HER2 codon 655 polymorphism and breast cancer: results from kin-cohort and case-control analyses
Robert C Millikan1, Amanda J Hummer, Mary S Wolff
1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, CB #7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA. millikan@email.unc.edu
Abstract:
Several published epidemiologic studies show increased breast cancer risk for carriers of the Val-allele at codon 655 of the HER2 gene. We conducted additional analyses using data from three studies, including case-control analyses stratified on age and kin-cohort analyses using relatives of cases and controls. The results provide additional evidence that HER2 codon 655 genotype may predispose to early-onset breast cancer.
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