• Population prevalence of hereditary breast cancer phenotypes and implementation of a genetic cancer risk assessment program in southern Brazil 

      Palmero, Edenir Inêz; Caleffi, Maira; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler; Roth, Fernanda Lenara; Kalakun, Luciane; Netto, Cristina Brinckmann Oliveira; Skonieski, Giovana; Giacomazzi, Juliana; Weber, Bernadete; Giugliani, Roberto; Camey, Suzi Alves; Prolla, Patrícia Ashton (2009) [Artigo de periódico]
      In 2004, a population-based cohort (the Núcleo Mama Porto Alegre - NMPOA Cohort) was started in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil and within that cohort, a hereditary breast cancer study was initiated, aiming to determine the ...
    • Prevalence of ERα-397 PvuII C/T, ERα-351 XbaI A/G and PGR PROGINS polymorphisms in Brazilian breast cancer-unaffected women 

      Giacomazzi, Juliana; Aguiar, E.; Palmero, Edenir Inêz; Schmidt, Adriana Vidal; Skonieski, Giovana; Filho, D.; Bock, Hugo; Pereira, Maria Luiza Saraiva; Ewald, Ingrid Petroni; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler; Camey, Suzi Alves; Caleffi, Maira; Giugliani, Roberto; Prolla, Patrícia Ashton (2012) [Artigo de periódico]
      Polymorphisms of hormone receptor genes have been linked to modifications in reproductive factors and to an increased risk of breast cancer (BC). In the present study, we have determined the allelic and genotypic frequencies ...
    • Prevalence of the STK15 F31I polymorphism and its relationship with mammographic density 

      Giacomazzi, Juliana; Aguiar, Ernestina Silva de; Palmero, Edenir Inêz; Schmidt, Aishameriane Venes; Skonieski, Giovana; Duarte Filho, Dakir Lourenço; Bock, Hugo; Pereira, Maria Luiza Saraiva; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler; Camey, Suzi Alves; Caleffi, Maira; Giugliani, Roberto; Prolla, Patrícia Ashton (2011) [Artigo de periódico]
      Several studies have identified the single nucleotide polymorphism STK15 F31I as a low-penetrance risk allele for breast cancer, but its prevalence and risk association in the Brazilian population have not been determined. ...