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Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis of genetic association studies in colorectal cancer.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 3 Oct 2012
Theodoratou Evropi, Montazeri Zahra, Hawken Steven, Allum Genevieve CdL, Gong Jacintha, Tait Valerie, Kirac Iva, Tazari Mahmood, Farrington Susan M, Demarsh Alex, Zgaga Lina, Landry Denise, Benson Helen E, Read Stephanie H, Rudan Igor, Tenesa Albert, Dunlop Malcolm G, Campbell Harry, Little Julian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is a major global public health problem, with approximately 950,000 patients newly diagnosed each year. We report the first comprehensive field synopsis and creation of a parallel publicly available and regularly updated database (CRCgene) that catalogs all genetic association studies on colorectal cancer (http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/CRCgene/). METHODS: We performed two independent...
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