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SUBMITTER: Huo D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3324445 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huo Dezheng D Zheng Yonglan Y Ogundiran Temidayo O TO Adebamowo Clement C Nathanson Katherine L KL Domchek Susan M SM Rebbeck Timothy R TR Simon Michael S MS John Esther M EM Hennis Anselm A Nemesure Barbara B Wu Suh-Yuh SY Leske M Cristina MC Ambs Stefan S Niu Qun Q Zhang Jing J Cox Nancy J NJ Olopade Olufunmilayo I OI
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Multiple breast cancer susceptibility loci have been identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in populations of European and Asian ancestry using array chips optimized for populations of European ancestry. It is important to examine whether these loci are associated with breast cancer risk in women of African ancestry. We evaluated 25 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 19 loci in a pooled case-control study of breast cancer, which included 1509 cases and 1383 controls. Cases a ...[more]