Variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism in the SMYD3 promoter region and the risk of familial breast cancer

Bernd Frank*, Kari Hemminki, Barbara Wappenschmidt, R€ udiger Klaes, Alfons Meindl, Rita K. Schmutzler, Peter Bugert, Michael Untch, Claus R. Bartram and Barbara Burwinkel Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center University of Cologne, Germany Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University Hospital of Cologne, Germany Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar at the Technical University, Munich, Germany Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Red Cross Blood Service of Baden-W€ urttemberg-Hessia, University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Mannheim, Germany Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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