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Jian Gu

Researcher at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications -  285
Citations -  13941

Jian Gu is an academic researcher from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Biology. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 213 publications receiving 12614 citations. Previous affiliations of Jian Gu include University of Texas at Austin & Baylor College of Medicine.

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Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer

Yufei Wang, +84 more
- 01 Jul 2014 - 
TL;DR: The analysis demonstrates that imputation can identify rare disease-causing variants with substantive effects on cancer risk from preexisting genome-wide association study data and provides further evidence for inherited genetic susceptibility to lung cancer and its biological basis.
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Bladder Cancer Predisposition: A Multigenic Approach to DNA-Repair and Cell-Cycle–Control Genes

TL;DR: The data suggest that individuals with a higher number of genetic variations in DNA-repair and cell-cycle-control genes are at an increased risk for bladder cancer, confirming the importance of taking a multigenic pathway-based approach to risk assessment.