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Genetic variability in inflammation pathways and prostate cancer risk.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Sun Jielin, Turner Aubrey, Xu Jianfeng, Grönberg Henrik, Isaacs William
Abstract excerpt
Genetic susceptibility to prostate cancer has been consistently observed by a large number of studies. Recently, several pieces of evidence obtained from epidemiological and pathological studies support that chronic inflammation in prostate tissues may play a role in prostate cancer development. Multiple genes that play critical roles in inflammatory pathways have been associated with prostate cancer risk. In...
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