A colorectal cancer genome-wide association study in a Spanish cohort identifies two variants associated with colorectal cancer risk at 1p33 and 8p12.

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease of complex aetiology, with much of the expected inherited risk being due to several common low risk variants. Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have identified 20 CRC risk variants. Nevertheless, these have only been able to explain part of the m...

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Main Authors: Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Cazier, J, Tomlinson, I, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Palles, C, Lamas, M, Baiget, M, López-Fernández, L, Brea-Fernández, A, Abulí, A, Bujanda, L, Clofent, J, Gonzalez, D, Xicola, R, Andreu, M, Bessa, X, Jover, R, Llor, X, Moreno, V, Castells, A, Carracedo, Á, Castellvi-Bel, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013