Article
Androgen receptor length polymorphism associated with prostate cancer risk in Hispanic men.
The Journal of urology - 1 Nov 2002
Balic Ivana, Graham Stanley T, Troyer Dean A, Higgins Betsy A, Pollock Brad H, Johnson-Pais Teresa L, Thompson Ian M, Leach Robin J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The transcriptional activation domain of the androgen receptor gene includes a CAG repeat length polymorphism. A smaller number of repeats is reported to increase the risk of prostate cancer. We investigated the association of CAG repeat length and the risk of prostate cancer in a case-control study of Hispanic men. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To estimate the magnitude of the association of repeat length with...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Black People
- Case-Control Studies
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Prospective Studies