Genome-wide association study identifies a common variant in RAD51B associated with male breast cancer risk
Författare
Summary, in English
We conducted a genome-wide association study of male breast cancer comprising 823 cases and 2,795 controls of European ancestry, with validation in independent sample sets totaling 438 cases and 474 controls. A SNP in RAD51B at 14q24.1 was significantly associated with male breast cancer risk (P = 3.02 x 10(-13); odds ratio (OR) = 1.57). We also refine association at 16q12.1 to a SNP within TOX3 (P = 3.87 x 10(-15); OR = 1.50).
Avdelning/ar
- Bröstcancer-genetik
- Bröst- och ovarialcancer
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
- BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1182-1184
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nature Genetics
Volym
44
Issue
11
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Nature Publishing Group
Ämne
- Cancer and Oncology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genomics
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1546-1718