European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 3008-3016 , November 2009

Polymorphisms in telomere-associated genes, breast cancer susceptibility and prognosis

  • Verena Varadi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Address: German Cancer Research Center, Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 42 1811; fax: +49 6221 42 1810.
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  • Annika Brendle

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Andreas Brandt

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Robert Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Kerstin Enquist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Roger Henriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Ulrika Svenson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biosciences/Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Björn Tavelin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Göran Roos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biosciences/Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Kari Hemminki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
    • Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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  • Per Lenner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Asta Försti

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
    • Center for Primary Health Care Research, Clinical Research Center, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Received 22 May 2009 ,Revised 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.08.012

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 3008-3016 , November 2009

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