| Literature DB >> 17618282 |
Christopher A Haiman1, Loïc Le Marchand, Jennifer Yamamato, Daniel O Stram, Xin Sheng, Laurence N Kolonel, Anna H Wu, David Reich, Brian E Henderson.
Abstract
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 significant additional risk. Our results show that variants at 8q24 have different effects on cancer development that depend on the tissue type.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17618282 PMCID: PMC2391283 DOI: 10.1038/ng2098
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330