Article
Increased risk of colon cancer associated with a genetic polymorphism of SMAD7.
Cancer research - 15 Feb 2010
Slattery Martha L, Herrick Jennifer, Curtin Karen, Samowitz Wade, Wolff Roger K, Caan Bette J, Duggan David, Potter John D, Peters Ulrike
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified SMAD7 on 8q21 as being associated with colorectal cancer. We evaluated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the SMAD7 gene, including rs4939827, rs12953717, and rs4464148, previously identified from GWAS in a large population-based case-c...
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