## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) is involved in the 2βhydroxylation of estrogen, the hormone that plays a critical role in the etiology of breast carcinoma. ## METHODS The authors evaluated common polymorphisms in the __CYP1A1__ gene in relation to breast carcinoma risk in
CYP175'-UTRMspA1 polymorphism and the risk of premenopausal breast cancer in a German population-based case-control study
β Scribed by Emaculate Verla-Tebit, Shan Wang-Gohrke, Jenny Chang-Claude
- Book ID
- 120699921
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1465-5411
- DOI
- 10.1186/bcr1027
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