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Association of Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility Variants with Risk of Breast Cancer in Women of European and African Ancestry.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jan 2018
Wang Shengfeng, Zheng Yonglan, Ogundiran Temidayo O, Ojengbede Oladosu, Zheng Wei, Nathanson Katherine L, Nemesure Barbara, Ambs Stefan, Olopade Olufunmilayo I, Huo Dezheng
Abstract excerpt
Background: Pancreatic cancer mutation signatures closely resemble breast cancer, suggesting that both cancers may have common predisposition mechanisms that may include commonly inherited SNPs.Methods: We examined 23 genetic variants known to be associated with pancreatic cancer as breast cancer risk factors in the Root genome-wide association study (GWAS; 1,657 cases and 2,029 controls of African diaspora) and...
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