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Prostate cancer susceptibility Loci identified on chromosome 12 in African Americans.
PloS one - 16 Feb 2011
Bonilla Carolina, Hooker Stanley, Mason Tshela, Bock Cathryn H, Kittles Rick A
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a complex disease that disproportionately affects African Americans and other individuals of African descent. A number of regions across the genome have been associated to PCa, most of them with moderate effects. A few studies have reported chromosomal changes on 12p and 12q that occur during the onset and development of PCa but to date no consistent association of the disease with...
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