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TGFBR1*6A is not associated with prostate cancer in men of European ancestry.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases - 1 Jan 2005
Suarez B K, Pal P, Jin C H, Kaushal R, Sun G, Jin L, Pasche B, Deka R, Catalona W J
Abstract excerpt
The TGFBR1*6A (*6A) variant in exon 1 of the TGFBR1 gene has been postulated as a putative tumor susceptibility allele in several studies. We have performed a case-control study in 537 men with histologically verified prostate cancer and in 488 unrelated controls to investigate the association of *6A with prostate cancer. Our results revealed that the frequency of the (*)6A allele does not differ in men with...
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