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      A colorectal cancer genome-wide association study in a Spanish cohort identifies two variants associated with colorectal cancer risk at 1p33 and 8p12 

      Fernández Rozadilla, Ceres; Cazier, Jean-Baptiste; Tomlinson, Ian P.; Carvajal Carmona, Luis G.; Palles, Claire; Lamas, María J.; Baiget, Montserrat; López Fernández, Luis A.; Brea Fernández, Alejandro; Abulí, Anna; Bujanda Fernández de Pierola, Luis ORCID; Clofent, Juan; González, Dolors; Xicola, Rosa; Andreu, Montserrat; Bessa, Xavier; Jover, Rodrigo; Llor, Xavier; Moreno, Víctor; Castells, Antoni; Carracedo, Angel; Castellví-Bel, Sergi; Ruiz Ponte, Clara; EPICOLON Consortium (BioMed Central, 2013-01)
      Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease of complex aetiology, with much of the expected inherited risk being due to several common low risk variants. Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have identified 20 CRC ...
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      Association between CASP8-652 6N Del Polymorphism (rs3834129) and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Results from a Multi-Centric Study 

      Pardini, Barbara; Verderio, Paolo; Pizzamiglio, Sara; Nici, Carmela; Maiorana, Maria Valeria; Naccarati, Alessio; Vodickova, Ludmila; Vymetalkova, Veronika; Veneroni, Silvia; Daidone, Maria Grazia; Ravagnani, Fernando; Bianchi, Tiziana; Bujanda Fernández de Pierola, Luis ORCID; Carracedo, Angel; Castells, Antoni; Ruiz Ponte, Clara; Morreau, Hans; Howarth, Kimberley; Jones, Angela; Castellví-Bel, Sergi; Li, Li; Tomlinson, Ian; Van Wezel, Tom; Vodicka, Pavel; Radice, Paolo; Peterlongo, Paolo; EPICOLON Consortium (Public Library Science, 2014-01)
      The common 2652 6N del variant in the CASP8 promoter (rs3834129) has been described as a putative low-penetrance risk factor for different cancer types. In particular, some studies suggested that the deleted allele (del) ...
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      Integrated Analysis of Germline and Tumor DNA Identifies New Candidate Genes Involved in Familial Colorectal Cancer 

      Díaz Gay, Marcos; Franch Expósito, Sebastià; Arnau Collell, Coral; Park, Solip; Supek, Fran; Muñoz, Jenifer; Bonjoch, Laia; Gratacós Mulleras, Anna; Sánchez Rojas, Paula A.; Esteban-Jurado, Clara; Ocaña, Teresa; Cuatrecasas, Miriam; Vila Casadesús, Maria; Lozano, Juan José; Parra, Genis; Laurie, Steve; Beltran, Sergi; EPICOLON Consortium; Castells, Antoni; Bujanda Fernández de Pierola, Luis ORCID; Cubiella, Joaquín; Balaguer, Francesc; Castellví-Bel, Sergi (MDPI, 2019-03-13)
      Colorectal cancer (CRC) shows aggregation in some families but no alterations in the known hereditary CRC genes. We aimed to identify new candidate genes which are potentially involved in germline predisposition to familial ...