Dissecting the association between breast cancer and scar conditions and fibrosis of skin : a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study
Jinhao Chen,
Qianru Wang,
Lijun Zhan
et al.
Abstract:Background
Scar hyperplasia and skin fibrosis following breast cancer operation has long been recognized as one of the major effects affecting patients' quality of life. However, there is currently a lack of direct evidence examining the impact of breast cancer on scar conditions and fibrosis of skin.
Methods
In this study, a two-way, two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) approach utilising pooled data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) we employed to investigate the potential causal relationship … Show more
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