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SUBMITTER: Ma X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3596432 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20130104 3
<h4>Background</h4>As breast and ovarian cancers may have similar etiologies, this study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that breast cancer shares common genetic susceptibility variants with ovarian cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Ten genetic variants in nine loci were previously identified to be associated with ovarian cancer risk among Caucasian women; an additional 353 variants in high-linkage disequilibrium (r(2) ≥ 0.6) among Han Chinese were identified. Data were available from the Affymetrix Genom ...[more]