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A genome-wide association study of breast and prostate cancer in the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study.
BMC medical genetics - 19 Sept 2007
Murabito Joanne M, Rosenberg Carol L, Finger Daniel, Kreger Bernard E, Levy Daniel, Splansky Greta Lee, Antman Karen, Hwang Shih-Jen
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BACKGROUND: Breast and prostate cancer are two commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. Prior work suggests that cancer causing genes and cancer susceptibility genes can be identified. METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide association study (Affymetrix 100K SNP GeneChip) of cancer in the community-based Framingham Heart Study. We report on 2 cancer traits--prostate cancer and breast cancer--in up to 1335...
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