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SUBMITTER: Sahasrabudhe R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558310 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sahasrabudhe Ruta R Estrada Ana A Lott Paul P Martin Lynn L Polanco Echeverry Guadalupe G Velez Alejandro A Neta Gila G Takahasi Meiko M Saenko Vladimir V Mitsutake Norisato N Jaeguer Emma E Duque Carlos Simon CS Rios Alejandro A Bohorquez Mabel M Prieto Rodrigo R Criollo Angel A Echeverry Magdalena M Tomlinson Ian I Carmona Luis G Carvajal LG
Endocrine-related cancer 20150819 5
The G allele of the rs6983267 single-nucleotide polymorphism, located on chromosome 8q24, has been associated with increased risk of several cancer types. The association between rs6983267G and thyroid cancer (TC) has been tested in different populations, mostly of European ancestry, and has led to inconclusive results. While significant associations have been reported in the British and Polish populations, no association has been detected in populations from Spain, Italy and the USA. To further ...[more]