Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Folate and breast cancer: the role of polymorphisms in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). 12430180 2002
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Premenopausal women with the MTHFR polymorphism had a threefold increased breast cancer risk (OR = 2.8; 95%CI: 1.02-7.51) compared to the clinic-based controls with benign breast disease. 12602921 2003
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Therefore, we conclude that the MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism is not associated with individual susceptibility to breast cancer. 14572159 2003
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The MTHFR 677T mutation increased chemosensitivity of colon and breast cancers to 5FU, but decreased chemosensitivity of breast cancer cells to MTX. 14734703 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Results of this study suggest that the MTHFR C677T polymorphisms may modify the association between dietary folate intake and breast cancer risk. 14973091 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Likewise, the MTHFR T677T genotype showed a 2.5-fold increased risk for breast cancer and the C1298C genotype showed a 1.9-fold increased risk for breast cancer. 15004488 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Breast cancer risk may be associated with folate status or the C677T genotype of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene. 15110890 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE However MTHFR (C667T) genotype and green vegetable intakes appeared to have the interactive effect in breast cancer development. 15150439 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and thymidylate synthase polymorphisms are not associated with breast cancer risk or phenotype. 15510613 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These findings suggest that the MTHFR 677TT genotype may confer a 40% decreased breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women using HRT. 15598763 2004
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The MTHFR-breast cancer associations were more prominent among women who did not use multivitamin supplements. 15735051 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The results of this study suggest that the MTHFR 677T variant genotype per se may have no overall association with breast cancer risk, but a sizable association could be observed in the presence of relevant environmental exposure. 15736423 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Additionally, we summarized breast cancer risk associated with the following genetic factors: breast cancer susceptibility high-penetrance genes (BRCA1, BRCA2, p53, PTEN, ATM, NBS1 or LKB1) and low-penetrance genes such as cytochrome P450 genes (CYP1A1, CYP2D6, CYP19), glutathione S-transferase family (GSTM1, GSTP1), alcohol and one-carbon metabolism genes (ADH1C and MTHFR), DNA repair genes (XRCC1, XRCC3, ERCC4/XPF) and genes encoding cell signaling molecules (PR, ER, TNFalpha or HSP70). 15784178 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A total of 42 women with breast cancer as well as healthy controls were investigated and results showed that p53 codon 72 polymorphism is statistically significantly associated with breast cancer (OR for Arg/Arg to non-Arg/Arg was 6.66, P = 0.0001 at 95% CI 2.63-16.9), but not Her 2 and MTHFR polymorphisms are associated with breast cancer (OR for Ile/Ile to non-Ile/Ile was 1.33, P = 0.54 at 95% CI 0.52-3.38 and OR for T/T versus non-T/T was 1.07, P = 0.89 at 95% CI 0.35-3.25). 15837541 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We evaluated MTHFR genotypes and breast cancer survival in a cohort of 1067 Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1996 and 1998 who received surgery and chemotherapy. 15868433 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this case-controlled study, a possible effect of the common MTHFR C677T (ala-->val) polymorphism on breast cancer susceptibility in Turkish patients was investigated. 16097444 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This study was designed to investigate, in the Turkish population, the association of MTHFR C677T polymorphism and breast cancer. 16134079 2007
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A meta-analysis of 18 case-control studies investigating the association between the C677T and the A1298C polymorphisms of the MTHFR gene and breast cancer (BC) was carried out. 16630166 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human The MTHFR 677T and 1298C variant alleles were associated with decreased risk for breast cancer [adjusted ORs were 0.81 (95% CI: 0.54-1.21) and 0.57 (95% CI: 0.36-0.89) for 677CT + TT genotypes and 1298AC + CC genotypes, respectively]. 16777985 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The MTHFR 677T and 1298C variant alleles were associated with decreased risk for breast cancer [adjusted ORs were 0.81 (95% CI: 0.54-1.21) and 0.57 (95% CI: 0.36-0.89) for 677CT + TT genotypes and 1298AC + CC genotypes, respectively]. 16777985 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The MTHFR_1298_A > C polymorphism was only associated with a decrease in breast cancer risk. 17063264 2007
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of MTHFR gene polymorphisms with breast cancer survival. 17069650 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We conducted a meta-analysis to summarize the available evidence from observational studies on this issue and a meta-analysis of the association between a common polymorphism in the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, a key enzyme in folate metabolism, and breast cancer risk. 17105984 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes including GSTT1 positive/null, GSTM1 positive/null, and GSTP1 A313G, and genes for reduced folate carrier 1 G80A (RFC1 G80A), methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T (MTHFR C677T), and breast cancer resistant protein C421A (BCRP C421A) were determined for 26 patients by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method or by direct sequencing. 17180579 2007
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our study lends support to a positive association between the MTHFR variant homozygous allele 677TT and breast cancer risk. 17260091 2007