Article
SMAD7 variant rs4939827 is associated with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Kirac Iva, Matošević Petar, Augustin Goran, Šimunović Iva, Hostić Vedran, Župančić Sven, Hayward Caroline, Antoljak Natasa, Rudan Igor, Campbell Harry, Dunlop Malcolm G, Velimir Vrdoljak Danko, Kovačević Dujo, Zgaga Lina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Twenty common genetic variants have been associated with risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in genome wide association studies to date. Since large differences between populations exist, generalisability of findings to any specific population needs to be confirmed. AIM: The aim of this study was to perform an association study between risk variants: rs10795668, rs16892766, rs3802842 and...
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