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Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2013 Sep 24;10(11):643–655. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2013.170

Table 1.

Representative GWAS studies in gastric cancer

Type of gastric cancer	Genes	Chr no.	Significant SNP identified by GWAS	Ref no.	Confirmed by other studies	Ref no.
Non-cardia Diffuse	PSCA	8q24.3	rs2976392A>G rs2294008	⁴⁶	Yes	^53,185–189
Diffuse	MUC1	1q22	rs2070803G>A	^46l	Yes	^52,190
Cardia, non-cardia	PLCE1	10q23	rs2274223A>G	^47,48	Yes	^49,186,191
Cardia, non-cardia	C20orf54	20p13	rs1304295	⁴⁷	No	⁵²
Non-cardia	PTGER4 or PRKAA1	5p13.1	rs13361707T>C	⁵³	Yes	¹⁸⁹
Non-cardia	ZBTB20	3q13.3	rs9841504C>G	⁵³	No