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Genetic variants for type 2 diabetes and new-onset cancer in Chinese with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Feb 2014
Ma R C W, So W Y, Tam C H T, Luk A O, Ho J S K, Wang Y, Lam V K, Lee H M, Kong A P, Tong P C, Xu G, Chow C C, Ng M C, Yang X L, Chan J C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of cancer. This study aimed to evaluate associations between recently reported type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility genetic variants and cancer risk in a prospective cohort of Chinese patients with T2D. METHODS: Seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in IGF2BP2, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, CDKN2A/B, HHEX and TCF7L2, all identified from genome-wide association...
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