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Association of reported prostate cancer risk alleles with PSA levels among men without a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
The Prostate - 1 Mar 2009
Wiklund Fredrik, Zheng S Lilly, Sun Jielin, Adami Hans-Olov, Lilja Hans, Hsu Fang-Chi, Stattin Pär, Adolfsson Jan, Cramer Scott D, Duggan David, Carpten John D, Chang Bao-Li, Isaacs William B, Grönberg Henrik, Xu Jianfeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is widely used for prostate cancer screening but its levels are influenced by many non cancer-related factors. The goal of the study is to estimate the effect of genetic variants on PSA levels. METHODS: We evaluated the association of SNPs that were rep...
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