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Current status of genome-wide association studies in cancer.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2011
Chung Charles C, Chanock Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies in cancer have already identified over 150 regions associated with two dozen specific cancers. Already, a handful of multi-cancer susceptibility regions have been uncovered, providing new insights into perhaps common mechanisms of carcinogenesis. For each new susceptibility allele, investigators now face the arduous task of interrogating each region beginning with fine mapping...
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