Publication Date:
2014-10-26
Description:
Article Mammographic density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. Here, the authors identify several new loci associated dense area, non-dense area and percent density, and highlight a shared genetic basis for mammographic density and breast cancer. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6303 Authors: Sara Lindström, Deborah J. Thompson, Andrew D. Paterson, Jingmei Li, Gretchen L. Gierach, Christopher Scott, Jennifer Stone, Julie A. Douglas, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Pablo Fernandez-Navarro, Jajini Verghase, Paula Smith, Judith Brown, Robert Luben, Nicholas J. Wareham, Ruth J. F. Loos, John A. Heit, V. Shane Pankratz, Aaron Norman, Ellen L. Goode, Julie M. Cunningham, Mariza deAndrade, Robert A. Vierkant, Kamila Czene, Peter A. Fasching, Laura Baglietto, Melissa C. Southey, Graham G. Giles, Kaanan P. Shah, Heang-Ping Chan, Mark A. Helvie, Andrew H. Beck, Nicholas W. Knoblauch, Aditi Hazra, David J. Hunter, Peter Kraft, Marina Pollan, Jonine D. Figueroa, Fergus J. Couch, John L. Hopper, Per Hall, Douglas F. Easton, Norman F. Boyd, Celine M. Vachon, Rulla M. Tamimi
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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