Article
Genetic variation in C20orf54, PLCE1 and MUC1 and the risk of upper gastrointestinal cancers in Caucasian populations.
European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) - 1 Nov 2012
Palmer Andrew J, Lochhead Paul, Hold Georgina L, Rabkin Charles S, Chow Wong-Ho, Lissowska Jolanta, Vaughan Thomas L, Berry Susan, Gammon Marilie, Risch Harvey, El-Omar Emad M
Abstract excerpt
Recently, two large genome-wide association studies, conducted in Chinese populations, have reported associations between upper gastrointestinal cancer and the rs2274223, rs13042395 and rs4072037 polymorphisms in PLCE1, C20orf54 and MUC1, respectively. We aimed to determine whether similar associ...
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