2006
PGR +331 A/G and Increased Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Risch HA, Bale AE, Beck PA, Zheng W. PGR +331 A/G and Increased Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2006, 15: 1738-1741. PMID: 16985038, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-06-0272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancerA allelePostmenopausal womenProgesterone receptor gene polymorphismHistologic tumor typePopulation-based studyEpithelial ovarian cancerEffect of progesteroneReceptor gene polymorphismsPremenopausal womenEndometrial cancerMenopausal statusOral contraceptivesOvarian neoplasiaProgesterone receptorProgestin exposureG genotypeGG genotypeGene polymorphismsTumor typesReceptor isoformsCancerWomenRiskProgesterone
1993
Molecular definition of a chromosome 9p21 germ-line deletion in a woman with multiple melanomas and a plexiform neurofibroma: implications for 9p tumor-suppressor gene(s).
Petty E, Gibson L, Fountain J, Bolognia J, Yang-Feng T, Housman D, Bale A. Molecular definition of a chromosome 9p21 germ-line deletion in a woman with multiple melanomas and a plexiform neurofibroma: implications for 9p tumor-suppressor gene(s). American Journal Of Human Genetics 1993, 53: 96-104. PMID: 8317504, PMCID: PMC1682234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous malignant melanomaGerm-line deletionMalignant melanomaPrimary malignant melanomaMelanoma predisposition genePlexiform neurofibromaPulsed-field gel electrophoresisMultiple melanomasPredisposition genesMelanoma tumorigenesisMelanomaTandem repeat polymorphismCytogenetic rearrangementsPatient's DNAHigh-resolution karyotypeMode of inheritanceWomen