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Genetic variants at 1p11.2 and breast cancer risk: a two-stage study in Chinese women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Jiang Yue, Shen Hao, Liu Xiao'an, Dai Juncheng, Jin Guangfu, Qin Zhenzhen, Chen Jiaping, Wang Shui, Wang Xinru, Hu Zhibin, Shen Hongbing
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several breast cancer susceptibility loci, and one genetic variant, rs11249433, at 1p11.2 was reported to be associated with breast cancer in European populations. To explore the genetic variants in this region associated with breast cancer in Chinese women, we conducted a two-stage fine-mapping study with a total of 1792 breast cancer cases and...
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