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Polygenic risk score-based phenome-wide association study of head and neck cancer across two large biobanks.
BMC medicine - 14 Mar 2024
Lee Young Chan, Jung Sang-Hyuk, Shivakumar Manu, Cha Soojin, Park Woong-Yang, Won Hong-Hee, Eun Young-Gyu, Biobank Penn Medicine, Kim Dokyoon
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BACKGROUND: Numerous observational studies have highlighted associations of genetic predisposition of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) with diverse risk factors, but these findings are constrained by design limitations of observational studies. In this study, we utilized a phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) approach, incorporating a polygenic risk score (PRS) derived from a wide array of genomic...
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