Genetic variants associated with breast size also influence breast cancer risk

• Main Authors: Eriksson Nicholas (Author), Benton Geoffrey M (Author), Do Chuong B (Author), Kiefer Amy K (Author), Mountain Joanna L (Author), Hinds David A (Author), Francke Uta (Author), Tung Joyce Y (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>While some factors of breast morphology, such as density, are directly implicated in breast cancer, the relationship between breast size and cancer is less clear. Breast size is moderately heritable, yet the genetic variants leading...