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Replication of neuroblastoma SNP association at the BARD1 locus in African-Americans.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Apr 2012
Latorre Valeria, Diskin Sharon J, Diamond Maura A, Zhang Haitao, Hakonarson Hakon, Maris John M, Devoto Marcella
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BACKGROUND: Neuroblastoma is an often fatal pediatric cancer more frequent in European-American than African-American children. African-American children, however, are at higher risk for the more severe form of neuroblastoma and have worse overall survival than European-American children. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) associated to...
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