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Comment
. 2017 Nov 1;77(21):6045-6046.
doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-1584. Epub 2017 Oct 24.

Cross-Cancer Analysis Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations-Response

Rayjean J Hung  1   2 , Gordon Fehringer  3 , Graham Casey  4 , Stephen B Gruber  5 , Ulrike Peters  6 , Ellen L Goode  7 , Thomas A Sellers  8 , Christopher A Haiman  9 , David J Hunter  9 , Peter Kraft  9 , Christopher I Amos  10 , Matthew L Freedman  11 , Michael D Wilson  12   13
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Cross-Cancer Analysis Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations-Response

Rayjean J Hung et al. Cancer Res. .
No abstract available

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  • Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Analysis of Lung, Ovary, Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations.
    Fehringer G, Kraft P, Pharoah PD, Eeles RA, Chatterjee N, Schumacher FR, Schildkraut JM, Lindström S, Brennan P, Bickeböller H, Houlston RS, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Risch A, Amin Al Olama A, Berndt SI, Giovannucci EL, Grönberg H, Kote-Jarai Z, Ma J, Muir K, Stampfer MJ, Stevens VL, Wiklund F, Willett WC, Goode EL, Permuth JB, Risch HA, Reid BM, Bezieau S, Brenner H, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Hudson TJ, Kocarnik JK, Newcomb PA, Schoen RE, Slattery ML, White E, Adank MA, Ahsan H, Aittomäki K, Baglietto L, Blomquist C, Canzian F, Czene K, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Eliassen AH, Figueroa JD, Flesch-Janys D, Fletcher O, Garcia-Closas M, Gaudet MM, Johnson N, Hall P, Hazra A, Hein R, Hofman A, Hopper JL, Irwanto A, Johansson M, Kaaks R, Kibriya MG, Lichtner P, Liu J, Lund E, Makalic E, Meindl A, Müller-Myhsok B, Muranen TA, Nevanlinna H, Peeters PH, Peto J, Prentice RL, Rahman N, Sanchez MJ, Schmidt DF, Schmutzler RK, Southey MC, Tamimi R, Travis RC, Turnbull C, Uitterlinden AG, Wang Z, Whittemore AS, Yang XR, Zheng W, Buchanan DD, Casey G, Conti DV, Edlund CK, Gallinger S, Haile RW, Jenkins M, Le Marchand L, Li L, Lindor NM, Schmit SL, Thibodeau SN, Woods MO, Rafnar T, Gudmundsson J, Stacey SN, … See abstract for full author list ➔ Fehringer G, et al. Cancer Res. 2016 Sep 1;76(17):5103-14. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-2980. Epub 2016 Apr 20. Cancer Res. 2016. PMID: 27197191 Free PMC article.
  • Cross-Cancer Analysis Reveals Novel Pleiotropic Associations-Letter.
    Quan L, Hutson A, Demant P. Quan L, et al. Cancer Res. 2017 Nov 1;77(21):6042-6044. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-3262. Epub 2017 Oct 24. Cancer Res. 2017. PMID: 29066516 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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