Kristrun R Benediktsdottir
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Collin S, Metcalfe C, Zuccolo L, Lewis S, Chen L, Cox A, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
. 2009 Aug;
18(9):2528-39.
PMID: 19706844
Folate-pathway gene polymorphisms have been implicated in several cancers and investigated inconclusively in relation to prostate cancer. We conducted a systematic review, which identified nine case-control studies (eight included, one...
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Stacey S, Sulem P, Masson G, Gudjonsson S, Thorleifsson G, Jakobsdottir M, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2009 Jul;
41(8):909-14.
PMID: 19578363
In a follow-up to our previously reported genome-wide association study of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC), we describe here several new susceptibility variants. SNP rs11170164, encoding a G138E substitution in...
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Rafnar T, Sulem P, Stacey S, Geller F, Gudmundsson J, Sigurdsson A, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2009 Jan;
41(2):221-7.
PMID: 19151717
The common sequence variants that have recently been associated with cancer risk are particular to a single cancer type or at most two. Following up on our genome-wide scan of...
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Stacey S, Gudbjartsson D, Sulem P, Bergthorsson J, Kumar R, Thorleifsson G, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2008 Oct;
40(11):1313-8.
PMID: 18849993
To search for new sequence variants that confer risk of cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC), we conducted a genome-wide SNP association study of 930 Icelanders with BCC and 33,117 controls....
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Sulem P, Gudbjartsson D, Stacey S, Helgason A, Rafnar T, Jakobsdottir M, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2008 May;
40(7):835-7.
PMID: 18488028
We present results from a genome-wide association study for variants associated with human pigmentation characteristics among 5,130 Icelanders, with follow-up analyses in 2,116 Icelanders and 1,214 Dutch individuals. Two coding...
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Gudbjartsson D, Sulem P, Stacey S, Goldstein A, Rafnar T, Sigurgeirsson B, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2008 May;
40(7):886-91.
PMID: 18488027
Fair color increases risk of cutaneous melanoma (CM) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Recent genome-wide association studies have identified variants affecting hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans. Here, we...
17.
Gudmundsson J, Sulem P, Rafnar T, Bergthorsson J, Manolescu A, Gudbjartsson D, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2008 Feb;
40(3):281-3.
PMID: 18264098
We conducted a genome-wide SNP association study on prostate cancer on over 23,000 Icelanders, followed by a replication study including over 15,500 individuals from Europe and the United States. Two...
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Sulem P, Gudbjartsson D, Stacey S, Helgason A, Rafnar T, Magnusson K, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2007 Oct;
39(12):1443-52.
PMID: 17952075
Hair, skin and eye colors are highly heritable and visible traits in humans. We carried out a genome-wide association scan for variants associated with hair and eye pigmentation, skin sensitivity...
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Sigurdsson K, Taddeo F, Benediktsdottir K, Olafsdottir K, Sigvaldason H, Oddsson K, et al.
Int J Cancer
. 2007 Aug;
121(12):2682-7.
PMID: 17724723
The distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) varies between countries and continents leading to different effectiveness of upcoming prophylactic HPV vaccines. This study analyses the HPV distribution in CIN 2-3, recurrent...
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Gudmundsson J, Sulem P, Steinthorsdottir V, Bergthorsson J, Thorleifsson G, Manolescu A, et al.
Nat Genet
. 2007 Jul;
39(8):977-83.
PMID: 17603485
We performed a genome-wide association scan to search for sequence variants conferring risk of prostate cancer using 1,501 Icelandic men with prostate cancer and 11,290 controls. Follow-up studies involving three...