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Genome-wide scan of brothers: replication and fine mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility and aggressiveness loci.
The Prostate - 1 Dec 2003
Witte John S, Suarez Brian K, Thiel Bonnie, Lin Jennifer, Yu Adong, Banerjee Tarit K, Burmester James K, Casey Graham, Catalona William J
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BACKGROUND: Substantial evidence suggests that genetic factors play an important role in both the risk of prostate cancer and its biologic aggressiveness. Here we investigate prostate cancer susceptibility and aggressiveness with genome-wide linkage analyses of affected brothers. METHODS: We firs...
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