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Combined UGT1A1 and UGT1A6 genotypes together with a stressful life event increase breast cancer risk

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Acknowledgments

We are indebted to all the women who participated in the GENICA study. We gratefully acknowledge support by interviewers as well as physicians and pathologists of the study region. Genotyping analyses were supported by Sandra Brod and Michael Gilbert. This work was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany grants 01KW9975/5, 01KW9976/8, 01KW9977/0, 01KW0114 and 012P0502, the Robert Bosch Foundation of Medical Research, Stuttgart, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA), Bochum Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelische Kliniken Bonn gGmbH, J and ohanniter Krankenhaus, Bonn, Germany.

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  1. Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University Tuebingen, Auerbachstrasse 112, 70376, Stuttgart, Germany

    Christina Justenhoven, Stefan Winter & Hiltrud Brauch

  2. Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

    Thomas Dünnebier & Ute Hamann

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelische Kliniken Bonn gGmbH, Johanniter Krankenhaus, Bonn, Germany

    Christian Baisch & Yon-Dschun Ko

  4. Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA), Bochum, Germany

    Sylvia Rabstein, Anne Spickenheuer, Volker Harth, Beate Pesch & Thomas Brüning

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Justenhoven, C., Winter, S., Dünnebier, T. et al. Combined UGT1A1 and UGT1A6 genotypes together with a stressful life event increase breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res Treat 124, 289–292 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1093-7

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