A Genome Wide Study of Copy Number Variation Associated with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Malaysian Chinese Identifies CNVs at 11q14.3 and 6p21.3 as Candidate Loci

• Joyce Siew Yong Low,

  Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Translational Genomics Lab, High Impact Research Building (Level 2), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Yoon Ming Chin,

  Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Translational Genomics Lab, High Impact Research Building (Level 2), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Taisei Mushiroda,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmacogenetics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan

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• Michiaki Kubo,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Genotyping Development, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan

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• Gopala Krishnan Govindasamy,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Kin Choo Pua,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Pulau Pinang, Penang, Malaysia

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• Yoke Yeow Yap,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Lee Fah Yap,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology & Biomedical Sciences and Oral Cancer Research & Coordinating Centre, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Selva Kumar Subramaniam,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia

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• Cheng Ai Ong,

  Affiliation ENT Department, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Karung Berkunci No. 2029, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Tee Yong Tan,

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

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• Alan Soo Beng Khoo,

  Affiliation Molecular Pathology Unit, Cancer Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• The Malaysian NPC Study Group ,

  ¶The complete membership of the Malaysian NPC Study Group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliation The Malaysian Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Study Group: Hospital Pulau Pinang, Hospital Kuala Lumpur/Universiti Putra Malaysia, University of Malaya, Institute for Medical Research, Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sarawak General Hospital/Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Hospital Universiti Sains, Malaysia

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• Ching Ching Ng

  * E-mail: ccng@um.edu.my

  Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Translational Genomics Lab, High Impact Research Building (Level 2), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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