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Common variation rs6983267 at 8q24.1 and risk of colorectal adenoma and cancer: evidence based on 31 studies.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 May 2014
Wang Yin-Ping, Zhang Jie, Zhu Hong-Yi, Qian Chang-Ling, Liu Hua, Ji Fu, Shen Zhi-Yong
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies have identified 8q24.21-rs6983267 as a new colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal adenoma (CRA) susceptibility locus in populations of European descent. Since then, the relationship between 8q24.21-rs6983267 and CRC/CRA has been reported in various ethnic groups; however, these studies have yielded inconsistent results. To investigate this inconsistency and derive a more precise...
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