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Common variation at 6q16 within HACE1 and LIN28B influences susceptibility to neuroblastoma.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Diskin Sharon J, Capasso Mario, Schnepp Robert W, Cole Kristina A, Attiyeh Edward F, Hou Cuiping, Diamond Maura, Carpenter Erica L, Winter Cynthia, Lee Hanna, Jagannathan Jayanti, Latorre Valeria, Iolascon Achille, Hakonarson Hakon, Devoto Marcella, Maris John M
Abstract excerpt
Neuroblastoma is a cancer of the sympathetic nervous system that accounts for approximately 10% of all pediatric oncology deaths. Here, we report a genome-wide association study of 2,817 neuroblastoma cases and 7,473 controls. We identified two new associations at 6q16, the first within HACE1 (rs...
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