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ABO blood group and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer within the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Nov 2012
Poole Elizabeth M, Gates Margaret A, High Brigit A, Chanock Stephen J, Cramer Daniel W, Cunningham Julie M, Fridley Brooke L, Gayther Simon A, Goode Ellen L, Iversen Edwin S, Lissowska Jolanta, Palmieri Weber Rachel T, Pharoah Paul D P, Phelan Catherine M, Ramus Susan J, Schildkraut Joellen M, Sutphen Rebecca, Tsai Ya-Yu, Tyrer Jonathan, Vierkant Robert A, Wentzensen Nicolas, Yang Hannah P, Terry Kathryn L, Tworoger Shelley S
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PURPOSE: Previous studies have examined the association between ABO blood group and ovarian cancer risk, with inconclusive results. METHODS: In eight studies participating in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, we determined ABO blood groups and diplotypes by genotyping 3 SNPs in the ABO locus. Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals were calculated in each study using logistic regression; individual...
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