rs6983267(T;T)

Normal risk for cancers; aspirin reduces risk for colorectal cancer

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Good
Frequency
20%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs6983267(T;T)
Gene
CASC8

Frequency

Share of people with T;T in each HapMap population.

  • Japanese (Tokyo)50%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)37%
  • Chinese (Denver)33%
  • Tuscan32%
  • Gujarati Indian25%
  • European ancestry (Utah)24%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)14%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)5%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)0%
  • Luhya (Kenya)0%
  • Maasai (Kenya)0%

Other genotypes of rs6983267

  1. G;GMost notableBad1.6x increased risk for prostate cancer; also other cancersImportant · 3.245% of people
  2. G;TBad1.3x risk of prostate cancer; aspirin reduces risk of colorectal cancerWorth knowing · 2.735% of people

All about rs6983267

Notes

From SNPedia

This genotype is not on its own associated with higher cancer risk. Additionally, aspirin has been reported to somewhat lower the risk for colorectal cancer in individuals of this genotype.

Source and license

Adapted from rs6983267(T;T) on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.