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Chromosome 4p16.3 variant modify bladder cancer risk in a Chinese population.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jun 2011
Wang Meilin, Chu Haiyan, Yan Fu, Qin Chao, Li Pu, Yuan Lin, Yin Changjun, Xu Jianfeng, Zhang Zhengdong
Abstract excerpt
A recent genome-wide association study identified a common variant (rs798766) on 4p16.3 that confers susceptibility to bladder cancer. The aim of this study was to assess whether rs798766 is associated with risk of bladder cancer in a Chinese population as well. We genotyped this variant using TaqMan technology in a case-control study of 815 histologically confirmed bladder cancer patients and 1141 controls....
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