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BRCA mutations and risk of prostate cancer in Ashkenazi Jews.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2004
Kirchhoff Tomas, Kauff Noah D, Mitra Nandita, Nafa Kedoudja, Huang Helen, Palmer Crystal, Gulati Tony, Wadsworth Eve, Donat Sheri, Robson Mark E, Ellis Nathan A, Offit Kenneth
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PURPOSE: The Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium and other family-based ascertainments have suggested that male carriers of BRCA mutations are at increased risk of prostate cancer. Several series looking at the frequency of BRCA mutations in unselected patients with prostate cancer have not confirmed this finding. To clarify this issue, we conducted a large case-control study. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Blood specimens...
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