Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

A shared genetic contribution to breast cancer and schizophrenia

  • Donghao Lu,
  • Jie Song,
  • Yi Lu,
  • Katja Fall,
  • Xu Chen,
  • Fang Fang,
  • Mikael Landén,
  • Christina M. Hultman,
  • Kamila Czene,
  • Patrick Sullivan,
  • Rulla M. Tamimi,
  • Unnur A. Valdimarsdóttir

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18492-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Schizophrenia has been associated with increased risk of breast cancer, yet the risk of schizophrenia following breast cancer is unclear. Here, the authors show a bidirectional association between breast cancer and schizophrenia in Sweden and a shared genetic contribution to both diseases.