The CYP17A1 234T > C polymor ...
Exposure to estrogen has a major effect on breast cancer risk. A polymorphism (-34 T[C; rs743572) in the cytochrome P450c17alpha gene (CYP17A1) enc ...
Association of diagnostic work- ...
The objective of this study is to determine whether the likelihood of returning for routine breast cancer screening differed for false-positive case ...
Cognitive function in postmenop ...
Endocrine therapy for breast cancer may affect cognition. The purpose of this study was to examine whether cognitive function improves after cessati ...
Traditional-Westernizing contin ...
Health perceptions are changing, but the pace of change varies across societies, exercising different effects on women’s screening behaviors. Our ai ...
The association of SULT1A1 codo ...
Epidemiological studies on the association between SULT1A1 codon 213 polymorphism and breast cancer risk are inconclusive. In order to derive a more ...
Ability to predict breast cance ...
Recently identified susceptibility alleles from Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for breast cancer provide an option to stratify women for the ...
Classification of breast cancer ...
Certain benign breast diseases are considered to be precursors of invasive breast cancer. Currently available techniques for diagnosing benign breas ...
The role of polymorphisms in ci ...
Disruption of the circadian rhythm or biological clock, which is regulated by a number of clock genes, including circadian locomotor output cycles k ...
Human papillomavirus infection ...
Despite an increase in the number of molecular epidemiological studies conducted in recent years to evaluate the association between HPV infection a ...
Should breast conservation be o ...
A growing body of literature suggests that younger women with breast cancer have poorer outcomes including higher rates of local relapse compared to ...
Evaluation of metformin in earl ...
Metformin, an inexpensive oral agent commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, has been garnering increasing attention as a potential anti-cancer agen ...
BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutati ...
The aim of the present study was to analyze BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Uruguayan families with breast and breast/ovarian cancer. Probands from 42 ...
Comprehensive screen of genetic ...
Mistakes in DNA repair can result in sustained damage and genetic instability. We comprehensively evaluated common variants in DNA repair pathway ge ...
Supraclavicular recurrence afte ...
The prognosis of ipsilateral supraclavicular lymph node recurrence after early breast cancer appears to be worse than for other loco-regional recurr ...
Two functional variations in 50 ...
8-Hydroxy-20-deoxyguanine (8-OHdG) is produced by the oxidative stress-induced damage in DNA, which could pair with adenine (A) during DNA replicati ...
Tetra-methoxystilbene modulates ...
Extensive data suggest that estradiol contributes to the development of breast cancer by acting as a mitogen and exerting direct genotoxic effects a ...
RAD51 135G>C polymorphism an ...
Mutations in RAD51 gene are believed to be associated with elevated breast cancer risk. However, several case–control studies focusing on the associ ...
Out of pocket cost comparison b ...
The purpose of this article is to: (1) describe out of pocket (OOP) costs among minority and Caucasian participants in the BCEI, the Breast Cancer E ...
MMP9 polymorphisms and breast c ...
In addition to tumor invasion and angiogenesis, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)9 also contributes to carcinogenesis and tumor growth. Genetic variati ...
Invasive ductal breast cancer a ...
Polymyositis (PM) is a very rare paraneoplastic syndrome in association with breast cancer, here we present a breast cancer patient with a sudden on ...
Are breast conservation and mas ...
To compare the effectiveness of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and mastectomy, all women aged B40 years, treated for early-stage breast cancer in t ...
The association between two pol ...
Thymidylate synthase (TYMS), which catalyzes the conversion of deoxyuridine monophosphate to deoxythymidine monophosphate, is a central enzyme in th ...
No significant association betw ...
Conflicting data have been published as to the possible association between polymorphism in codon 72 of the TP53 tumor suppressor gene and the risk ...
Outcomes following local therap ...
Recent studies suggest trends toward more mastectomies for primary breast cancer treatment. We assessed survival after mastectomy and breast-conserv ...
IGFBP1 and IGFBP3 polymorphisms ...
The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) pathway has been implicated as risk modifier in premenopausal breast cancer. In this study, associations betwee ...