Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

A genome-wide association study yields five novel thyroid cancer risk loci

  • Julius Gudmundsson,
  • Gudmar Thorleifsson,
  • Jon K. Sigurdsson,
  • Lilja Stefansdottir,
  • Jon G. Jonasson,
  • Sigurjon A. Gudjonsson,
  • Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,
  • Gisli Masson,
  • Hrefna Johannsdottir,
  • Gisli H. Halldorsson,
  • Simon N. Stacey,
  • Hannes Helgason,
  • Patrick Sulem,
  • Leigha Senter,
  • Huiling He,
  • Sandya Liyanarachchi,
  • Matthew D. Ringel,
  • Esperanza Aguillo,
  • Angeles Panadero,
  • Enrique Prats,
  • Almudena Garcia-Castaño,
  • Ana De Juan,
  • Fernando Rivera,
  • Li Xu,
  • Lambertus A. Kiemeney,
  • Gudmundur I. Eyjolfsson,
  • Olof Sigurdardottir,
  • Isleifur Olafsson,
  • Hoskuldur Kristvinsson,
  • Romana T. Netea-Maier,
  • Thorvaldur Jonsson,
  • Jose I. Mayordomo,
  • Theo S. Plantinga,
  • Hannes Hjartarson,
  • Jon Hrafnkelsson,
  • Erich M. Sturgis,
  • Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,
  • Thorunn Rafnar,
  • Albert de la Chapelle,
  • Kari Stefansson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14517
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Non-medullary thyroid cancers include papillary and follicular subtypes, and are the most common type of thyroid cancer. Here, the authors extend previous work by performing a large genome-wide association study and find five novel loci associated with this disease.