Genome-wide association studies in common cancers--what have we learnt?

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have led to the identification of more than 100 common, low-penetrance loci for cancer. At these loci, common genetic variants are associated with moderate increases in risk, typically <1.5-fold. Almost all loci lie in genomic regions not previously suspected to be involved in cancer. A plausible functional basis for a few loci, such as FGFR2 for breast cancer and MSMB for...

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