Meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies identifies multiple new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor

Z Wang, KA McGlynn, E Rajpert-De Meyts, DT Bishop… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The international Testicular Cancer Consortium (TECAC) combined five published
genome-wide association studies of testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT; 3,558 cases and …

Rate of pathogenic germline variants in patients with lung cancer

S Sorscher, J LoPiccolo, B Heald, E Chen… - JCO Precision …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Germline genetic testing (GGT) is now recommended for all patients diagnosed
with ovarian or pancreatic cancer and for a large proportion of patients based solely on a …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of 22 susceptibility loci associated with testicular germ cell tumors

J Pluta, LC Pyle, KT Nead, R Wilf, M Li, N Mitra… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) are the most common tumor in young white men and
have a high heritability. In this study, the international Testicular Cancer Consortium …

Targeting monocytes/macrophages in fibrosis and cancer diseases: Therapeutic approaches

E Conte - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Over almost 140 years since their identification, the knowledge about macrophages has
unbelievably evolved. The'big eaters' from being thought of as simple phagocytic cells have …

[HTML][HTML] Disease heritability inferred from familial relationships reported in medical records

FCG Polubriaginof, R Vanguri, K Quinnies, GM Belbin… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Heritability is essential for understanding the biological causes of disease but requires
laborious patient recruitment and phenotype ascertainment. Electronic health records …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of prostate cancer in China, 1990–2019: findings from the 2019 global burden of disease study

F Wang, C Wang, H Xia, Y Lin, D Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Our study is the first to illustrate the age and geographic distribution differences in the
epidemiology of prostate cancer from 1990 to 2019 in China. Prostate cancer (PC) is a …

Prostate cancer screening in African American men: a review of the evidence

KH Kensler, R Johnson, F Morley… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in African American men, yet
prostate cancer screening regimens in this group are poorly guided by existing evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identifies six breast cancer loci in African and European ancestry women

B Adedokun, Z Du, G Gao, TU Ahearn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Our study describes breast cancer risk loci using a cross-ancestry GWAS approach. We first
identify variants that are associated with breast cancer at P< 0.05 from African ancestry …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic susceptibility to endometrial cancer: Risk factors and clinical management

T Dörk, P Hillemanns, C Tempfer, J Breu, MC Fleisch - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common cancer affecting the female reproductive
organs in higher-income states. Apart from reproductive factors and excess weight, genetic …

Diagnosis and management of anxiety disorders

P Giacobbe, A Flint - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides a synopsis of the current understanding of the
pathophysiology of anxiety disorders, the biological and environmental risk factors that …