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Sequence variants of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase are associated with prostate cancer risk: a replication study in an ethnically homogeneous population.
The Prostate - 15 Sept 2008
FitzGerald Liesel M, Thomson Russell, Polanowski Andrea, Patterson Briony, McKay James D, Stankovich James, Dickinson Joanne L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Examination of variants of the alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) gene, as genetic contributors to prostate cancer risk, has been of considerable interest given the gene's recently established role as a diagnostic biomarker for prostate cancer. METHODS: The AMACR gene variants, M9V and D175G, were genotyped in a familial dataset comprising 127 cases and in a second sporadic prostate cancer dataset...
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