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Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in Western women and represents 28% of female cancer deaths. During the last decades, research has revealed cancer as a complex heterogeneous disease triggered by dynamic changes in the genome. The work in this dissertation summarizes the investigation of polymorphisms in the GH1/IGF-1 axis in relation to breast cancer risk by means of the planning and conducting of case-control studies. Many findings were novel and they reflected the complexity of the gene regulation along the GH1/IGF-1 pathway. In summary, the studied polymorphisms were mainly…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in Western
women and represents 28% of female cancer deaths.
During the last decades, research has revealed cancer
as a complex heterogeneous disease triggered by
dynamic changes in the genome.
The work in this dissertation summarizes the
investigation of polymorphisms in the GH1/IGF-1 axis
in relation to breast cancer risk by means of the
planning and conducting of case-control studies. Many
findings were novel and they reflected the complexity
of the gene regulation along the GH1/IGF-1 pathway.
In summary, the studied polymorphisms were mainly
associated with a decreased breast cancer risk. This
lead to the suggestion that genetic variants in the
GH1/ IGF-1 axis do not increase the mitogenic and
antiproliferative features of the pathway, but rather
protect the cells from proliferation. The study
contributes to the world-wide effort of
identification of low-penetrance genetic variants,
which may be useful tools for prevention, prognosis
and planning of individual therapy.
Autorenporträt
Kerstin Wagner studied Biotechnology at the University of Applied
Science in Mannheim, Germany and graduated in 2003. She worked as
a PhD student at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in
Heidelberg and completed her PhD (Dr.sc.hum) in June 2006. Since
2007, she is working in Clinical Research with focus on Phase
II/III trials.