A statistical reappraisal of the findings of an esophageal cancer genome-wide association study

Cancer Research

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3074-3075

  Statnikov, Alexander ^a   Li, Chun ^b   Aliferis, Constantin F ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42349098454     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-2999     Document Type: Letter

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