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Genetic polymorphisms in inflammation pathway genes and prostate cancer risk.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 2011
Kwon Erika M, Salinas Claudia A, Kolb Suzanne, Fu Rong, Feng Ziding, Stanford Janet L, Ostrander Elaine A
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BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is an important mechanism for the development and progression of prostate cancer (PC). To better understand the potential relationship between genes in the inflammation pathway and PC risk, we evaluated variants in 16 candidate genes. METHODS: A total of 143 tagging and amino acid altering single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in Caucasian and African American men...
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