Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types.

The common sequence variants that have recently been associated with cancer risk are particular to a single cancer type or at most two. Following up on our genome-wide scan of basal cell carcinoma, we found that rs401681[C] on chromosome 5p15.33 satisfied our threshold for genome-wide significance (...

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Main Authors: Rafnar, T, Sulem, P, Stacey, SN, Geller, F, Gudmundsson, J, Sigurdsson, A, Jakobsdottir, M, Helgadottir, H, Thorlacius, S, Aben, K, Blöndal, T, Thorgeirsson, T, Thorleifsson, G, Kristjansson, K, Thorisdottir, K, Ragnarsson, R, Sigurgeirsson, B, Skuladottir, H, Gudbjartsson, T, Isaksson, H, Einarsson, G, Benediktsdottir, K, Agnarsson, B, Olafsson, K, Salvarsdottir, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009