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EphB2 SNPs and sporadic prostate cancer risk in African American men.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Robbins Christiane M, Hooker Stanley, Kittles Rick A, Carpten John D
Abstract excerpt
The EphB2 gene has been implicated as a tumor suppressor gene somatically altered in both prostate cancer (PC) and colorectal cancer. We have previously shown an association between an EphB2 germline nonsense variant and risk of familial prostate cancer among African American Men (AAM). Here we set out to test the hypothesis that common variation within the EphB2 locus is associated with increased risk of...
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