• Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis in Northern European populations replicate multiple colorectal cancer risk loci 

      Tanskanen, Tomas; Van Den Berg, Linda; Välimäki, Niko; Aavikko, Mervi; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Hveem, Kristian; Wettergren, Yvonne; Lindskog, Elinor Bexe; Tönisson, Neeme; Metspalu, Andres; Silander, Kaisa; Orlando, Giulia; Law, Philip J.; Tuupanen, Sari; Gylfe, Alexandra E.; Hänninen, Ulrika A.; Cajuso, Tatiana; Kondelin, Johanna; Sarin, Antti-Pekka; Pukkala, Eero; Jousilahti, Pekka; Salomaa, Veikko; Ripatti, Samuli; Palotie, Aarno; Järvinen, Heikki; Renkonen-Sinisalo, Laura; Lepistö, Anna; Böhm, Jan; Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka; Al-Tassan, Nada A.; Palles, Claire; Martin, Lynn; Barclay, Ella; Tenesa, Albert; Farrington, Susan M.; Timofeeva, Maria N.; Meyer, Brian F; Wakil, Salma M.; Campbell, Harry; Smith, Christopher G.; Idziaszczyk, Shelley; Maughan, Tim S.; Kaplan, Richard; Kerr, Rachel; Kerr, David; Buchanan, Daniel D.; Win, Aung K.; Hopper, John; Jenkins, Mark A.; Newcomb, Polly A.; Gallinger, Steve; Conti, David; Schumacher, Fredrick R.; Casey, Graham; Cheadle, Jeremy P.; Dunlop, Malcolm G.; Tomlinson, Ian P; Houlston, Richard S.; Palin, Kimmo; Aaltonen, Lauri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Genome-wide association studies have been successful in elucidating the genetic basis of colorectal cancer (CRC), but there remains unexplained variability in genetic risk. To identify new risk variants and to confirm ...
    • Shared environment and colorectal cancer: A Nordic pedigree registry-based cohort study 

      Elmahdi, Rahma; Wennerström, Elna C. M.; Andersson, Mikael; Wohlfahrt, Jan; Melbye, Mads; Pukkala, Eero; Hortlund, Maria; Silander, Kaisa; Sutinen, Kyösti; Jess, Tine; Dillner, Joakim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) increases in relatives of patients with CRC. The extent to which this is attributable to genetic predisposition or shared environment is unclear. We explored this question using nationwide ...