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Editorial
. 2017 Sep 28;13(9):e1006945.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006945. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Up For A Challenge (U4C): Stimulating innovation in breast cancer genetic epidemiology

Leah E Mechanic  1 , Sara Lindström  2 , Kenneth M Daily  3 , Solveig K Sieberts  3 , Christopher I Amos  4 , Huann-Sheng Chen  5 , Nancy J Cox  6 , Marina Dathe  1 , Eric J Feuer  5 , Michael J Guertin  7 , Joshua Hoffman  8 , Yunxian Liu  7 , Jason H Moore  9 , Chad L Myers  10 , Marylyn D Ritchie  11   12 , Joellen Schildkraut  13 , Fredrick Schumacher  14 , John S Witte  8 , Wen Wang  10 , Scott M Williams  14 ; U4C Challenge Participants; U4C Challenge Data Contributors; Elizabeth M Gillanders  1
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Editorial

Up For A Challenge (U4C): Stimulating innovation in breast cancer genetic epidemiology

Leah E Mechanic et al. PLoS Genet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

SMW is a Section Editor of PLOS Genetics. LEM and EMG are employees of NCI. The authors have no other competing interests.

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Fig 1. Stimulation of innovation in U4C.
Existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS), representing thousands of cases and controls. Data were shared and accessed in a manner consistent with informed consent. Some of these data sets were made available for the first time in U4C. Teams competed for a prize to develop innovative analytical methods and make novel discoveries using these data sets.
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