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No association between ovarian cancer susceptibility variants and breast cancer risk among Chinese women.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 2013
Ma Xiangyu, Cai Qiuyin, Delahanty Ryan J, Shu Xiao-Ou, Zhang Ben, Lu Wei, Gao Yu-Tang, Zheng Wei, Long Jirong, Beeghly-Fadiel Alicia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: As breast and ovarian cancers may have similar etiologies, this study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that breast cancer shares common genetic susceptibility variants with ovarian cancer. METHODS: Ten genetic variants in nine loci were previously identified to be associated with ovarian cancer risk among Caucasian women; an additional 353 variants in high-linkage disequilibrium (r(2) ≥ 0.6) among Han...
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