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Identification of novel mutations by exome sequencing in African American colorectal cancer patients.
Cancer - 1 Jan 2015
Ashktorab Hassan, Daremipouran Mohammad, Devaney Joe, Varma Sudhir, Rahi Hamed, Lee Edward, Shokrani Babak, Schwartz Russell, Nickerson Michael L, Brim Hassan
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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to identify genome-wide single nucleotide variants and mutations in African American patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). There is a need of such studies in African Americans, because they display a higher incidence of aggressive CRC tumors. METHODS: We performed whole exome sequencing (WES) on DNA from 12 normal/tumor pairs of African American CRC patient tissues. Data...
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