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The 5p15.33 locus is associated with risk of lung adenocarcinoma in never-smoking females in Asia.
PLoS genetics - 5 Aug 2010
Hsiung Chao Agnes, Lan Qing, Hong Yun-Chul, Chen Chien-Jen, Hosgood H Dean, Chang I-Shou, Chatterjee Nilanjan, Brennan Paul, Wu Chen, Zheng Wei, Chang Gee-Chen, Wu Tangchun, Park Jae Yong, Hsiao Chin-Fu, Kim Yeul Hong, Shen Hongbing, Seow Adeline, Yeager Meredith, Tsai Ying-Huang, Kim Young Tae, Chow Wong-Ho, Guo Huan, Wang Wen-Chang, Sung Sook Whan, Hu Zhibin, Chen Kuan-Yu, Kim Joo Hyun, Chen Ying, Huang Liming, Lee Kyoung-Mu, Lo Yen-Li, Gao Yu-Tang, Kim Jin Hee, Liu Li, Huang Ming-Shyan, Jung Tae Hoon, Jin Guangfu, Caporaso Neil, Yu Dianke, Kim Chang Ho, Su Wu-Chou, Shu Xiao-Ou, Xu Ping, Kim In-San, Chen Yuh-Min, Ma Hongxia, Shen Min, Cha Sung Ick, Tan Wen, Chang Chin-Hao, Sung Jae Sook, Zhang Mingfeng, Yang Tsung-Ying, Park Kyong Hwa, Yuenger Jeff, Wang Chih-Liang, Ryu Jeong-Seon, Xiang Yongbing, Deng Qifei, Hutchinson Amy, Kim Jun Suk, Cai Qiuyin, Landi Maria Teresa, Yu Chong-Jen, Park Ju-Yeon, Tucker Margaret, Hung Jen-Yu, Lin Chien-Chung, Perng Reury-Perng, Boffetta Paolo, Chen Chih-Yi, Chen Kun-Chieh, Yang Shi-Yi, Hu Chi-Yuan, Chang Chung-Kai, Fraumeni Joseph F, Chanock Stephen, Yang Pan-Chyr, Rothman Nathaniel, Lin Dongxin
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies of lung cancer reported in populations of European background have identified three regions on chromosomes 5p15.33, 6p21.33, and 15q25 that have achieved genome-wide significance with p-values of 10(-7) or lower. These studies have been performed primarily in cigarette smokers, raising the possibility that the observed associations could be related to tobacco use, lung...
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