Histocompatibility (HL-A) antigens and cancer of the breast

Authors :: Alan G. Birtch
Richard Wilson
Ramon Patel
Mutaz B. Habal
Francis D. Moore
Source :: The American Journal of Surgery. 124:31-34
Publication Year :: 1972
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1972.
Abstract: One hundred twenty-three control subjects and fifty-two caucasian female patients with cancer of the breast were typed for thirteen HL-A antigens. The frequency of the antigen HL-A7 and of haplotypes bearing this antigen were significantly higher in the group with cancer. HL-A7 positivity may be associated with increased susceptibility to cancer of the breast.