A genome-wide search for determinants of survival in 1926 patients with advanced colorectal cancer with follow-up in over 22,000 patients

While genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified germline variants influencing the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), there has been limited examination of the possible role of inherited variation as a determinant of patient outcome.

Source: European Journal of Cancer - November 15, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Christopher Wills, Yazhou He, Matthew G. Summers, Yi Lin, Amanda I. Phipps, Katie Watts, Philip J. Law, Nada A. Al-Tassan, Timothy S. Maughan, Richard Kaplan, Richard S. Houlston, Ulrike Peters, Polly A. Newcomb, Andrew T. Chan, Daniel D. Buchanan, Steve Tags: Original Research Source Type: research