Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2785063 | Current Opinion in Genetics & Development | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
There is increasing evidence for inherited genetic susceptibility to cancer, and much of this is thought to be caused by the co-inheritance of multiple low risk alleles. Recent developments have allowed the search for this class of susceptibility allele to be conducted on a genome-wide basis. Here we discuss the impact genome-wide association studies are having on our understanding of two of the major hematological malignancies, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Authors
Richard S Houlston,