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ArticleMolecular biology reports2012

HTERT MNS16A polymorphism in breast cancer: a case-control study.

Flora Zagouri, Theodoros N Sergentanis, Maria Gazouli, Alexandra Tsigginou, Constantine Dimitrakakis, Evaggelos Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou, Irene Papaspyrou, Dimosthenis Chrysikos, George Theodoropoulos, George C Zografos and 3 more

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Flora ZagouriDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Theodoros N Sergentanis
Maria Gazouli
Alexandra Tsigginou
Constantine Dimitrakakis
Evaggelos Eleutherakis-Papaiakovou
Irene Papaspyrou
Dimosthenis Chrysikos
George Theodoropoulos
George C Zografos
Aris Antsaklis
Athanassios-Meletios Dimopoulos
Christos A Papadimitriou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAlexandra Hospital · GRHippocration General Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case-control study aims to investigate the role of HTERT MNS16A polymorphism as a potential risk factors and/or a prognostic marker for breast cancer. 113 consecutive incident cases of histologically confirmed ductal breast cancer and 124 healthy controls were recruited. HTERT MNS16A polymorphism was genotyped (L: long allele, S: short allele); multivariate logistic regression was performed. No significant association was noted either at the overall analysis (OR = 1.57, 95 % CI 0.84-2.93 for heterozygous LS carriers; OR = 1.02, 95 % CI 0.54-1.95 for homozygous SS carriers) or at the subanalyses in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. With respect to survival analysis, HTERT MNS16A polymorphism was not associated with either disease-free survival or overall survival. HTERT MNS16A polymorphism does not seem to be a risk factor for breast cancer in the Caucasian Greek population. Further, larger studies from other countries and subjects seem to be needed as this novel polymorphism is being examined in depth.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePolymorphism, GeneticBreast NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesDemographyFemaleGene FrequencyHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMiddle AgedOdds RatioProportional Hazards ModelsRegression AnalysisTandem Repeat SequencesTelomeraseTelomeraseTERT protein, human

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