SCAF4 and breast cancer: Results: Twelve gene variants were significantly associated with BC: three located in exome (rs3856806 PPARG, rs12792229 MMP8, and rs5218 KCNJ11-ABCC8), and nine in non-coding regions, which are involved in accelerated decay of the mRNA transcripts, regulatory regions, and flanking regions (rs3917542 PON1; rs3750804 and rs3750805 TCF7L2; rs1121980 and rs3751812 FTO; rs12946618 RPTOR; rs2833483 SCAF4; rs11652805 AMZ2P1-GNA13; and rs1800955 SCT-DEAF1-DRD4).