Colorectal cancer: A review of the genome-wide association studies in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract excerpt

Genome-wise association studies (GWAS) identify risk variants and modifiers that can influence the pathophysiological processes involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) and thus are important to detect associations between disease phenotypes. Our literature review, performed as per PRISMA statement indicates a significant lack of GWAS functional studies in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, studies on sequencing and mapping are...

Topics

• Case-Control Studies
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Genetic Variation
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Humans
• Mutation
• Phenotype
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Saudi Arabia