Three new genetic links to breast cancer identified
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has identified three new genetic loci associated with an increased susceptibility to breast cancer. As described in their paper published in Nature Genetics, the three new loci will be added to the previous 22 that have been previously found and appear to be associated with mammary gland and bone growth and estrogen receptor signaling.