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Association of genetic polymorphisms at 8q24 with the risk of prostate cancer in a Japanese population.
The Prostate - 1 Nov 2008
Terada Naoki, Tsuchiya Norihiko, Ma Zhiyong, Shimizu Yosuke, Kobayashi Takashi, Nakamura Eijiro, Kamoto Toshiyuki, Habuchi Tomonori, Ogawa Osamu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic factors, as well as a combination of environmental factors, contribute to the risk of prostate cancer (PC). Recently, genome-wide linkage studies found several independent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are strongly associated with PC on chromosome 8q24. METHODS: We analyzed two of these SNPs, rs1447295 and rs6983267, to examine association with the risk of PC in Japanese men....
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