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A Statistical Testing Strategy Accounting for Random and Nonrandom (Skewed) X-Chromosome Inactivation Identifies Lung Cancer Susceptibility Loci among Smokers.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2024
Jantzen Rodolphe, Camilleri-Broët Sophie, Ezer Nicole, Broët Philippe
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INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide in mortality and the second in incidence. Epidemiological studies found a higher lung cancer risk for smoking women in comparison to men, but these sex differences, irrespective of smoking habits, remain controversial. One of the hypotheses concerns the genetic contribution of the sex chromosomes. However, while genome-wide association studies...
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