Article
The 4q27 locus and prostate cancer risk.
BMC cancer - 25 Feb 2010
Tindall Elizabeth A, Hoang Hoa N, Southey Melissa C, English Dallas R, Hopper John L, Giles Graham G, Severi Gianluca, Hayes Vanessa M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is considered to be implicated in the development of prostate cancer. In this study we are the first to investigate a potential association between variants in an autoimmune related region on chromosome 4q27 and prostate cancer risk. This region harbors two cytoki...
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