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Disease risk scores for skin cancers

Authors :
Pierre Fontanillas
Babak Alipanahi
Nicholas A. Furlotte
Michaela Johnson
Catherine H. Wilson
andMe Research Team
Steven J. Pitts
Robert Gentleman
Adam Auton
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Predicting who will develop skin cancer is difficult. Here, the authors from 23andMe developed a polygenic risk score for skin cancer based on a questionnaire and genetic data from more than 210,000 individuals and suggest that the score could be used in early screening programmes.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.273f51d51c9d4f4699e009a6a5c1fba9
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20246-5