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Polymorphism in the IL18 gene and epithelial ovarian cancer in non-Hispanic white women.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2008
Palmieri Rachel T, Wilson Melanie A, Iversen Edwin S, Clyde Merlise A, Calingaert Brian, Moorman Patricia G, Poole Charles, Anderson A Rebecca, Anderson Stephanie, Anton-Culver Hoda, Beesley Jonathan, Hogdall Estrid, Brewster Wendy, Carney Michael E, Chen Xiaoqing, Chenevix-Trench Georgia, Chang-Claude Jenny, Cunningham Julie M, Dicioccio Richard A, Doherty Jennifer A, Easton Douglas F, Edlund Christopher K, Gayther Simon A, Gentry-Maharaj Aleksandra, Goode Ellen L, Goodman Marc T, Kjaer Susanne Kruger, Hogdall Claus K, Hopkins Michael P, Jenison Eric L, Blaakaer Jan, Lurie Galina, McGuire Valerie, Menon Usha, Moysich Kirsten B, Ness Roberta B, Pearce Celeste Leigh, Pharoah Paul D P, Pike Malcolm C, Ramus Susan J, Rossing Mary Anne, Song Honglin, Terada Keith Y, Vandenberg David, Vierkant Robert A, Wang-Gohrke Shan, Webb Penelope M, Whittemore Alice S, Wu Anna H, Ziogas Argyrios, Berchuck Andrew, Schildkraut Joellen M
Abstract excerpt
Over 22,000 cases of ovarian cancer were diagnosed in 2007 in the United States, but only a fraction of them can be attributed to mutations in highly penetrant genes such as BRCA1. To determine whether low-penetrance genetic variants contribute to ovarian cancer risk, we genotyped 1,536 single nu...
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