Genome-wide association study identifies five new breast cancer susceptibility loci.

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Published in Nat Genet on May 09, 2010

Authors

Clare Turnbull1, Shahana Ahmed, Jonathan Morrison, David Pernet, Anthony Renwick, Mel Maranian, Sheila Seal, Maya Ghoussaini, Sarah Hines, Catherine S Healey, Deborah Hughes, Margaret Warren-Perry, William Tapper, Diana Eccles, D Gareth Evans, Breast Cancer Susceptibility Collaboration (UK), Maartje Hooning, Mieke Schutte, Ans van den Ouweland, Richard Houlston, Gillian Ross, Cordelia Langford, Paul D P Pharoah, Michael R Stratton, Alison M Dunning, Nazneen Rahman, Douglas F Easton

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cancer Genetics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK.

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