Polygenes, Risk Prediction, and Targeted Prevention of Breast Cancer
- 26 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 358 (26), 2796-2803
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa0708739
Abstract
New developments in the search for susceptibility alleles in complex disorders provide support for the possibility of a polygenic approach to the prevention and treatment of common diseases.Keywords
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