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Rare variants in BRCA2 and CHEK2 are associated with the risk of urinary tract cancers.
Scientific reports - 16 Sept 2016
Ge Yuqiu, Wang Yunyan, Shao Wei, Jin Jing, Du Mulong, Ma Gaoxiang, Chu Haiyan, Wang Meilin, Zhang Zhengdong
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that two rare variants, rs11571833 in BRCA2 and rs17879961 in CHEK2 were associated with lung cancer. However, the associations between these two variants and urinary tract cancers risk remain largely unexplored. We applied imputation of three genome-wide association studies published in the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP). Unconditional logistic regression analysis and...
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