Gene by Environment Investigation of Incident Lung Cancer Risk in African-Americans

Background: Genome-wide association studies have identified polymorphisms linked to both smoking exposure and risk of lung cancer. The degree to which lung cancer risk is driven by increased smoking, genetics, or gene–environment interactions is not well understood. Methods: We analyzed associations...

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Published in:	EBioMedicine
Main Authors:	Sean P. David, Ange Wang, Kristopher Kapphahn, Haley Hedlin, Manisha Desai, Michael Henderson, Lingyao Yang, Kyle M. Walsh, Ann G. Schwartz, John K. Wiencke, Margaret R. Spitz, Angela S. Wenzlaff, Margaret R. Wrensch, Charles B. Eaton, Helena Furberg, W. Mark Brown, Benjamin A. Goldstein, Themistocles Assimes, Hua Tang, Charles L. Kooperberg, Charles P. Quesenberry, Hilary Tindle, Manali I. Patel, Christopher I. Amos, Andrew W. Bergen, Gary E. Swan, Marcia L. Stefanick
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-02-01
Subjects:	African-Americans Environment Genetics Lung Cancer rs2036527 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Smoking
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396416300019