A genome-wide association study identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with time-to-metastasis in colorectal cancer

A genome-wide association study identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with time-to-metastasis in colorectal cancer

Abstract Background Differentiating between cancer patients who will experience metastasis within a short time and who will be long-term survivors without metastasis is a critical aim in healthcare. The microsatellite instability (MSI)-high tumor phenotype is such a differentiator in colorectal canc...

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Main Authors: Michelle E. Penney, Patrick S. Parfrey, Sevtap Savas, Yildiz E. Yilmaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Colorectal cancer
Genome-wide association study
Mixture cure model
Single nucleotide polymorphisms
Time-to-metastasis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5346-5

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