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Genome-wide association studies for detecting cancer susceptibility.
British medical bulletin - 1 Jan 2011
Hosking Fay J, Dobbins Sara E, Houlston Richard S
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association (GWA) studies search for genetic variants, across the entire genome, which display differences in frequencies between cases and controls. Studies in PubMed using the keywords 'genomewide association' and 'cancer' are reported together with selected literature. Since 2007, GWA studies have successfully yielded risk loci for most common cancers. Findings have provided insights into the...
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