Article
Inherited predisposition to prostate cancer.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jan 2003
Verhage Bas A J, Kiemeney Lambertus A L M
Abstract excerpt
A genetic component in prostate cancer has been recognized for decades. Through numerous epidemiological and molecular biological studies much evidence has accumulated in favor of a significant but heterogeneous hereditary component in prostate cancer (PCa) susceptibility. At first, segregation analyses supported the view that a number of high-risk loci contributed to the observed Mendelian inheritance of PCa....
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