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A Genome-Wide Association Study of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma among European Descendants.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Apr 2016
Siiskonen Satu J, Zhang Mingfeng, Li Wen-Qing, Liang Liming, Kraft Peter, Nijsten Tamar, Han Jiali, Qureshi Abrar A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: No GWAS on the risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has been published. We conducted a multistage genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify novel genetic loci for SCC. METHODS: The study included 745 SCC cases and 12,805 controls of European descent in the discovery stage and 531 SCC cases and 551 controls of European ancestry in the replication stage. We selected 64 independent loci...
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