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SUBMITTER: Haiman CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2391283 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haiman Christopher A CA Le Marchand Loïc L Yamamato Jennifer J Stram Daniel O DO Sheng Xin X Kolonel Laurence N LN Wu Anna H AH Reich David D Henderson Brian E BE
Nature genetics 20070708 8
Variants on chromosome 8q24 contribute risk for prostate cancer; here, we tested whether they also modulate risk for colorectal cancer. We studied 1,807 affected individuals and 5,511 controls and found that one variant, rs6983267, is also significantly associated with colorectal cancer (odds ratio = 1.22; P = 4.4 x 10(-6)) and that the apportionment of risk among the variants differs significantly between the two cancers. Comprehensive testing in the region uncovered variants capturing signific ...[more]