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Evidence for an association between prostate cancer and chromosome 8q24 and 10q11 genetic variants in African American men: the Flint Men's Health Study.
The Prostate - 15 Feb 2011
Wang Yunfei, Ray Anna M, Johnson Emilie K, Zuhlke Kimberly A, Cooney Kathleen A, Lange Ethan M
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BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in men in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. African American men have substantially increased risk of both being diagnosed and dying from the disease. Recent genome-wide genetic association studies have identified a number of common single nucleotide genetic polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated...
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