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Leon Raskin

Researcher at Vanderbilt University

Publications -  46
Citations -  2123

Leon Raskin is an academic researcher from Vanderbilt University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 42 publications receiving 1665 citations. Previous affiliations of Leon Raskin include Technion – Israel Institute of Technology & Peking Union Medical College.

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Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

Jeroen R. Huyghe, +224 more
- 01 Jan 2019 - 
TL;DR: Genome-wide association analyses based on whole-genome sequencing and imputation identify 40 new risk variants for colorectal cancer, including a strongly protective low-frequency variant at CHD1 and loci implicating signaling and immune function in disease etiology.
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RAD51 135G→C Modifies Breast Cancer Risk among BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from a Combined Analysis of 19 Studies

TL;DR: RAD51 is the first gene to be reliably identified as a modifier of risk among BRCA1/2 mutation carriers and it is determined that the 135G-->C variant affects RAD51 splicing within the 5' UTR.
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Genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer identifies six new susceptibility loci

Fredrick R. Schumacher, +103 more
TL;DR: Six new susceptibility loci reaching a genome-wide threshold of P<5.0E-08 are described, providing additional insight into the underlying biological mechanisms of colorectal cancer and demonstrating the scientific value of large consortia-based genetic epidemiology studies.
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Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer

Stephanie L. Schmit, +198 more
TL;DR: This article identified 42 loci (P < 5x10−8) associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and expanded consortium efforts facilitating the discovery of these loci.