Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies four new susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer.

Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified multiple loci at which common variants modestly influence the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). To enhance power to identify additional loci with similar effect sizes, we conducted a meta-analysis of two GWA studies, comprising 13,315 i...

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Main Authors: Houlston, R, Webb, E, Broderick, P, Pittman, A, Bernardo, D, Lubbe, S, Chandler, I, Vijayakrishnan, J, Sullivan, K, Penegar, S, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Howarth, K, Jaeger, E, Spain, S, Walther, A, Barclay, E, Martin, L, Gorman, M, Domingo, E, Teixeira, A, Kerr, D, Cazier, J, Niittymäki, I, Tuupanen, S, Karhu, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008