Identification of a functional genetic variant at 16q12.1 for breast cancer risk: results from the Asia Breast Cancer Consortium.

Identification of a functional genetic variant at 16q12.1 for breast cancer risk: results from the Asia Breast Cancer Consortium.

Genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of breast cancer. We carried out a multi-stage genome-wide association (GWA) study in over 28,000 cases and controls recruited from 12 studies conducted in Asian and European American women to identify genetic susceptibility loci for breast canc...

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Main Authors: Jirong Long, Qiuyin Cai, Xiao-Ou Shu, Shimian Qu, Chun Li, Ying Zheng, Kai Gu, Wenjing Wang, Yong-Bing Xiang, Jiarong Cheng, Kexin Chen, Lina Zhang, Hong Zheng, Chen-Yang Shen, Chiun-Sheng Huang, Ming-Feng Hou, Hongbing Shen, Zhibin Hu, Furu Wang, Sandra L Deming, Mark C Kelley, Martha J Shrubsole, Ui Soon Khoo, Kelvin Y K Chan, Sum Yin Chan, Christopher A Haiman, Brian E Henderson, Loic Le Marchand, Motoki Iwasaki, Yoshio Kasuga, Shoichiro Tsugane, Keitaro Matsuo, Kazuo Tajima, Hiroji Iwata, Bo Huang, Jiajun Shi, Guoliang Li, Wanqing Wen, Yu-Tang Gao, Wei Lu, Wei Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2891809?pdf=render

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