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Estrogen metabolism in the ovaries and breast epithelium and fourcandidate genes that may play a role in breast cancer etiology
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posted on 2011-12-30, 22:15 authored by Heather Spencer Feigelson, Brian E HendersonCopyright information:
Taken from "Future possibilities in the prevention of breast cancer: Role of genetic variation in breast cancer prevention"
Breast Cancer Research 2000;2(4):277-282.
Published online 24 May 2000
PMCID:PMC138788.
Copyright © 2000 Current Science Ltd
The genes ofinterest are the cytochrome P450c17α gene (), the aromatasecytochrome P450 gene (), the 17β -hydroxysteroiddehydrogenase 1 gene (), and the estrogen receptor alpha gene().