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Recapitulation of previous genome-wide association studies with two distinct pathophysiological entities of gastric cancer in the Korean population.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 2013
Hwang Joo-Yeon, Kim Duk-Hwan, Ji Yong-Ick, Jin Go Min, Heo Lyong, Jin Kim Young, Sung Sohn Tae, Hyung Noh Jae, Kim Sung, Lee Yeon-Su, Kim Sook-Young, Kim Young-Woo, Won Ryu Keun, Choi Il Ju, Lee Juyoung, Kim Bong-Jo, Han Bok-Ghee, Park Joobae, Lee Jong-Young
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer (GC) is the most common malignancy. The incidence rates remain remarkably high in East Asians. Although genome-wide association studies in the Han Chinese and Japanese populations have so far yielded susceptibility loci for GC, these findings need to be validated in an independent ethnic group. To identify the potential heterogeneity by histological classified subtypes (intestinal and diffuse), we...
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