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Data in a recent meta-analysis about TNF-alpha polymorphisms and breast cancer susceptibility need for clarification

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  2. Erdei E, Kang H, Meisner A, White K, Pickett G, Baca C et al (2010) Polymorphisms in cytokine genes and serum cytokine levels among New Mexican women with and without breast cancer. Cytokine 51:18–24

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Kunshan First People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, 91 Qianjin Road, Kunshan, 215300, Jiangsu, China

    Min-Bin Chen

  2. Department of Medical Laboratory Center, Kunshan First People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, 91 Qianjin Road, Kunshan, 215300, Jiangsu, China

    Jin-Hua Gu

  3. Department of Surgical Oncology, Kunshan First People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, 91 Qianjin Road, Kunshan, 215300, Jiangsu, China

    Xiao-Yang Wu

  4. Department of Surgery, Wuxi People’s Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, 299 Qingyang Road, Wuxi, 214000, Jiangsu, China

    Pei-Hua Lu

  5. Department of Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Baiziting 42, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Rong-Min Gu

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Chen, MB., Gu, JH., Wu, XY. et al. Data in a recent meta-analysis about TNF-alpha polymorphisms and breast cancer susceptibility need for clarification. Breast Cancer Res Treat 129, 1011–1013 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1563-6

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