Article
Germline Genetic Variants and Lung Cancer Survival in African Americans.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Aug 2017
Jones Carissa C, Bush William S, Crawford Dana C, Wenzlaff Angela S, Schwartz Ann G, Wiencke John K, Wrensch Margaret R, Blot William J, Chanock Stephen J, Grogan Eric L, Aldrich Melinda C
Abstract excerpt
Background: African Americans have the highest lung cancer mortality in the United States. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of germline variants influencing lung cancer survival have not yet been conducted with African Americans. We examined five previously reported GWAS catalog variants and explored additional genome-wide associations among African American lung cancer cases.Methods: Incident non-small...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.