Genetic Variants at Chromosomes 2q35, 5p12, 6q25.1, 10q26.13, and 16q12.1 Influence the Risk of Breast Cancer in Men

Nick Orr; Rosie Cooke; Michael Jones; Olivia Fletcher; Frank Dudbridge; Sarah Chilcott-Burns; Katarzyna Tomczyk; Peter Broderick; Richard Houlston; Alan Ashworth; Anthony Swerdlow

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002290

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Genetic Variants at Chromosomes 2q35, 5p12, 6q25.1, 10q26.13, and 16q12.1 Influence the Risk of Breast Cancer in Men

Nick Orr ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nick Orr, Rosie Cooke

* E-mail: nicholas.orr@icr.ac.uk

Affiliation The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Rosie Cooke ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nick Orr, Rosie Cooke

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Michael Jones,

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Olivia Fletcher,

Affiliation The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Frank Dudbridge,

Affiliation Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Sarah Chilcott-Burns,

Affiliation The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Katarzyna Tomczyk,

Affiliation The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Peter Broderick,

Affiliation Section of Cancer Genetics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Richard Houlston,

Affiliation Section of Cancer Genetics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Alan Ashworth,

Affiliation The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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Anthony Swerdlow

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, United Kingdom
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Genetic Variants at Chromosomes 2q35, 5p12, 6q25.1, 10q26.13, and 16q12.1 Influence the Risk of Breast Cancer in Men

Nick Orr,
Rosie Cooke,
Michael Jones,
Olivia Fletcher,
Frank Dudbridge,
Sarah Chilcott-Burns,
Katarzyna Tomczyk,
Peter Broderick,
Richard Houlston,
Alan Ashworth

Published: September 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002290

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