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A susceptibility locus for papillary thyroid carcinoma on chromosome 8q24.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 2009
He Huiling, Nagy Rebecca, Liyanarachchi Sandya, Jiao Hong, Li Wei, Suster Saul, Kere Juha, de la Chapelle Albert
Abstract excerpt
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) displays higher heritability than most other cancers. To search for genes predisposing to PTC, we performed a genome-wide linkage analysis in a large family with PTC and melanoma. Among several peaks the highest was at 8q24, with a maximum nonparametric linkage (NPL) score of 7.03. Linkage analysis was then broadened to comprise 25 additional PTC families that produced a maximum...
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