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SUBMITTER: Cuzick J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5455424 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cuzick Jack J Brentnall Adam R AR Segal Corrinne C Byers Helen H Reuter Caroline C Detre Simone S Lopez-Knowles Elena E Sestak Ivana I Howell Anthony A Powles Trevor J TJ Newman William G WG Dowsett Mitchell M
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20161228 7
Purpose At least 94 common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with breast cancer. The extent to which an SNP panel can refine risk in women who receive preventive therapy has not been directly assessed previously. Materials and Methods A risk score on the basis of 88 SNPs (SNP88) was investigated in a nested case-control study of women enrolled in the International Breast Intervention Study (IBIS-I) or the Royal Marsden study. A total of 359 women who developed cancer were mat ...[more]