Scanning the horizon: What is the future of genome-wide association studies in accelerating discoveries in cancer etiology and prevention?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-484

  Hunter, D J ^a,b,c   Thomas, G ^c   Hoover, R N ^c   Chanock, S J ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Genetic linkage; Genomics; Heredity; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34247616736     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-0118-y     Document Type: Article

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