Polymorphisms in the telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter are associated with risk of breast cancer: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Zhenyu Li,
Ying-li Dong,
Yun Feng,
Zhen Zhang,
Xiaozhong Cao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.164701
Subject(s) - reverse transcriptase , telomerase reverse transcriptase , breast cancer , telomerase , medicine , meta analysis , oncology , cancer , cancer research , biology , genetics , polymerase chain reaction , gene
Recently, the relationship between telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) polymorphisms and breast cancer risk has been investigated in several publications. However, the results were inconclusive. In this study, we examined the association between TERT polymorphisms and breast cancer risk by meta-analysis.
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