Prostate stem-cell antigen gene is associated with diffuse and intestinal gastric cancer in Caucasians: results from the EPIC-EURGAST study.

A genome-wide study performed in a Japanese population identified a strong association between SNP rs2294008 (Met1Thr) in the Prostate Stem Cell Antigen gene (PSCA) and diffuse-type gastric cancer (GC). This association was validated in different Asian populations, and, very recently, a study has be...

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Main Authors: Sala, N, Muñoz, X, Travier, N, Agudo, A, Duell, E, Moreno, V, Overvad, K, Tjonneland, A, Boutron-Ruault, M, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Canzian, F, Kaaks, R, Boeing, H, Meidtner, K, Trichopoulos, A, Tsiotas, K, Zylis, D, Vineis, P, Panico, S, Palli, D, Krogh, V, Tumino, R, Lund, E, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H, Numans, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012