An esophageal adenocarcinoma susceptibility locus at 9q22 also confers risk to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating the function of BARX1.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.02.019
Abstract: Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a series of genetic variants associated with the risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC)/Barrett's esophagus (BE), which was different from those loci for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). It… read more here.
Keywords: risk esophageal; genetic variants; esophageal adenocarcinoma; barx1 ... See more keywords