Association between common germline genetic variation in 94 candidate genes or regions and risks of...
Association between common germline genetic variation in 94 candidate genes or regions and risks of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer
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Quaye, Lydia , Tyrer, Jonathan , Ramus, Susan J , Song, Honglin , Wozniak, Eva , DiCioccio, Richard A , McGuire, Valerie , Høgdall, Estrid , Høgdall, Claus , Blaakaer, Jan , Goode, Ellen L , Schildkraut, Joellen M , Easton, Douglas F , Krüger-Kjaer, Susanne , Whittemore, Alice S , Gayther, Simon A and Pharoah, Paul D P
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Recent studies have identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the population that are associated with variations in the risks of many different diseases including cancers such as breast, prostate and colorectal. For ovarian cancer, the known highly penetrant susceptibility genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are probably responsible for only...
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Association between common germline genetic variation in 94 candidate genes or regions and risks of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1289148440
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1289148440
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0005983
