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Tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate oncogenes and susceptibility to ovarian cancer.
British journal of cancer - 24 Mar 2009
Quaye L, Song H, Ramus S J, Gentry-Maharaj A, Høgdall E, DiCioccio R A, McGuire V, Wu A H, Van Den Berg D J, Pike M C, Wozniak E, Doherty J A, Rossing M A, Ness R B, Moysich K B, Høgdall C, Blaakaer J, Easton D F, Ponder B A J, Jacobs I J, Menon U, Whittemore A S, Krüger-Kjaer S, Pearce C L, Pharoah P D P, Gayther S A
Abstract excerpt
Low-moderate risk alleles that are relatively common in the population may explain a significant proportion of the excess familial risk of ovarian cancer (OC) not attributed to highly penetrant genes. In this study, we evaluated the risks of OC associated with common germline variants in five oncogenes (BRAF, ERBB2, KRAS, NMI and PIK3CA) known to be involved in OC development. Thirty-four tagging SNPs in these...
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