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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bolton KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3125495 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature genetics 20100919 10
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancy in the developed world, accounting for 4% of the deaths from cancer in women. We performed a three-phase genome-wide association study of EOC survival in 8,951 individuals with EOC (cases) with available survival time data and a parallel association analysis of EOC susceptibility. Two SNPs at 19p13.11, rs8170 and rs2363956, showed evidence of association with survival (overall P = 5 × 10⁻⁴ and P = 6 × 10⁻ ...[more]