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Risk of urinary bladder cancer is associated with 8q24 variant rs9642880[T] in multiple racial/ethnic groups: results from the Los Angeles-Shanghai case-control study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 2010
Cortessis Victoria K, Yuan Jian-Min, Van Den Berg David, Jiang Xuejuan, Gago-Dominguez Manuela, Stern Mariana C, Castelao Jose E, Xiang Yong-Bing, Gao Yu-Tang, Pike Malcolm C, Conti David V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple chromosome 8q24 genotypic variants are strongly implicated in several cancers. Recent genome-wide association studies of urinary bladder cancer report risk to be associated with the T allele of rs9642880 on 8q24 among individuals of European descent. METHODS: We examined associations between bladder cancer risk and genotypes defined by rs9642880 and each of 8 additional 8q24 variants...
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