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New Genetic Links to Colorectal Cancer Identified

pete43lost_at_sea
pete43lost_at_sea CSN Member Posts: 3,900 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1

This is interesting, we know our tumours are so different, enjoy.

 

http://www.cancernetwork.com/colorectal-cancer/content/article/10165/2121284In addition to its work on colorectal cancer, the team is working on breast cancer genetics to identify additional genetic loci that confer risk of developing cancer, leading a consortium that has identified multiple susceptibility loci for breast cancer in Asians. “Interestingly,” said Zheng, “these loci were not discovered in previous studies conducted in European descendants, even with a very large sample size.”

hugs,

Pete

 

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