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Polymorphisms in the CYP1B1 gene are associated with increased risk of prostate cancer.
British journal of cancer - 20 Oct 2003
Chang B L, Zheng S L, Isaacs S D, Turner A, Hawkins G A, Wiley K E, Bleecker E R, Walsh P C, Meyers D A, Isaacs W B, Xu J
Abstract excerpt
CYP1B1 has been evaluated as a candidate gene for various cancers because of its function in activating environmental procarcinogens and catalysing the conversion of oestrogens to genotoxic catechol oestrogens. To test the hypothesis that genetic polymorphisms in the CYP1B1 gene may associate with the risk for prostate cancer (CaP), we compared the allele, genotype, and haplotype frequencies of 13 single...
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