Genome-wide association study identifies 14 novel risk alleles associated with basal cell carcinoma

Genome-wide association study identifies 14 novel risk alleles associated with basal cell carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma is a common skin lesion and the risk loci for this cancer are beginning to be understood. In this study, the authors conduct a two-stage genome-wide association study and confirm known risk loci and identify an additional 14 loci.

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Main Authors: Harvind S. Chahal, Wenting Wu, Katherine J. Ransohoff, Lingyao Yang, Haley Hedlin, Manisha Desai, Yuan Lin, Hong-Ji Dai, Abrar A. Qureshi, Wen-Qing Li, Peter Kraft, David A. Hinds, Jean Y. Tang, Jiali Han, Kavita Y. Sarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12510

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