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Genetic variation at 8q24, family history of cancer, and upper gastrointestinal cancers in a Chinese population.
Familial cancer - 1 Mar 2014
Tarleton Heather P, Chang Shen-Chih, Park Sungshim Lani, Cai Lin, Ding Baoguo, He Na, Hussain Shehnaz K, Jiang Qingwu, Mu Li-Na, Rao Jianyu, Wang Hua, You Nai-Chieh Y, Yu Shun-Zhang, Zhao Jin-Kou, Zhang Zuo-Feng
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation at 8q24 is associated with prostate, bladder, breast, colorectal, thyroid, lung, ovarian, UADT, liver and stomach cancers. However, a role for variation at 8q24 in familial clustering of upper gastrointestinal cancers has not been studied. In order to explore potential inherited susceptibility, we analyzed epidemiologic data from a population-based case-control study of upper gastrointestinal...
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