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Genetic drivers of etiologic heterogeneity in thyroid cancer.
Nature communications - 10 Jul 2026
Jee Yon Ho, Pozdeyev Nikita, Gignoux Christopher R, White Samantha, Haugen Bryan R, Verma Anurag, Peculis Raitis, Rovite Vita, Mulford Ashley J, Sanders Alan R, Kitahara Cari M, Reeve Mary Pat, Kraft Peter, Martin Alicia R
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Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, yet its biological underpinnings remain incompletely understood. Here we show that common risk alleles for thyroid cancer point to distinct biological pathways underlying disease susceptibility. We perform a multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of thyroid cancer (16,167 cases and 2,430,374 controls), identifying 51 independent loci, including...
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