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• A locus on 19p13 modifies risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is associated with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer in the general population.

  Antoniou AC, Wang X, Fredericksen ZS, McGuffog L, Tarrell R, Sinilnikova OM, Healey S, Morrison J, Kartsonaki C, Lesnick T, Ghoussaini M, Barrowdale D; EMBRACE; Peock S, Cook M, Oliver C, Frost D, Eccles D, Evans DG, Eeles R, Izatt L, Chu C, Douglas F, Paterson J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Houdayer C, Mazoyer S, Giraud S, Lasset C, Remenieras A, Caron O, Hardouin A, Berthet P; GEMO Study Collaborators; Hogervorst FB, Rookus MA, Jager A, van den Ouweland A, Hoogerbrugge N, van der Luijt RB, Meijers-Heijboer H, Gómez García EB; HEBON; Devilee P, Vreeswijk MP, Lubinski J, Jakubowska A, Gronwald J, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Górski B, Cybulski C, Spurdle AB, Holland H; kConFab; Goldgar DE, John EM, Hopper JL, Southey M, Buys SS, Daly MB, Terry MB, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engel C, Meindl A, Preisler-Adams S, Arnold N, Niederacher D, Sutter C, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck T, Blum JL, Piedmonte M, Rodriguez GC, Wakeley K, Boggess JF, Basil J, Blank SV, Friedman E, Kaufman B, Laitman Y, Milgrom R, Andrulis IL, Glendon G, Ozcelik H, Kirchhoff T, Vijai J, Gaudet MM, Altshuler D, Guiducci C; SWE-BRCA; Loman N, Harbst K, Rantala J, Ehrencrona H, Gerdes AM, Thomassen M, Sunde L, Peterlongo P, … See abstract for full author list ➔ Antoniou AC, et al. Nat Genet. 2010 Oct;42(10):885-92. doi: 10.1038/ng.669. Epub 2010 Sep 19. Nat Genet. 2010. PMID: 20852631 Free PMC article.
• Common variants at 19p13 are associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer.

  Bolton KL, Tyrer J, Song H, Ramus SJ, Notaridou M, Jones C, Sher T, Gentry-Maharaj A, Wozniak E, Tsai YY, Weidhaas J, Paik D, Van Den Berg DJ, Stram DO, Pearce CL, Wu AH, Brewster W, Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Narod SA, Levine DA, Kaye SB, Brown R, Paul J, Flanagan J, Sieh W, McGuire V, Whittemore AS, Campbell I, Gore ME, Lissowska J, Yang HP, Medrek K, Gronwald J, Lubinski J, Jakubowska A, Le ND, Cook LS, Kelemen LE, Brooks-Wilson A, Massuger LF, Kiemeney LA, Aben KK, van Altena AM, Houlston R, Tomlinson I, Palmieri RT, Moorman PG, Schildkraut J, Iversen ES, Phelan C, Vierkant RA, Cunningham JM, Goode EL, Fridley BL, Kruger-Kjaer S, Blaeker J, Hogdall E, Hogdall C, Gross J, Karlan BY, Ness RB, Edwards RP, Odunsi K, Moyisch KB, Baker JA, Modugno F, Heikkinenen T, Butzow R, Nevanlinna H, Leminen A, Bogdanova N, Antonenkova N, Doerk T, Hillemanns P, Dürst M, Runnebaum I, Thompson PJ, Carney ME, Goodman MT, Lurie G, Wang-Gohrke S, Hein R, Chang-Claude J, Rossing MA, Cushing-Haugen KL, Doherty J, Chen C, Rafnar T, Besenbacher S, Sulem P, Stefansson K, Birrer MJ, Terry KL, Hernandez D, Cramer DW, Vergote I, Amant F, Lambrechts D, Despierre E, Fasching PA, Beckmann MW, Thiel FC, Ekici AB… See abstract for full author list ➔ Bolton KL, et al. Nat Genet. 2010 Oct;42(10):880-4. doi: 10.1038/ng.666. Epub 2010 Sep 19. Nat Genet. 2010. PMID: 20852633 Free PMC article.