Article
Genetic ancestry, self-reported race and ethnicity in African Americans and European Americans in the PCaP cohort.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sucheston Lara E, Bensen Jeannette T, Xu Zongli, Singh Prashant K, Preus Leah, Mohler James L, Su L Joseph, Fontham Elizabeth T H, Ruiz Bernardo, Smith Gary J, Taylor Jack A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Family history and African-American race are important risk factors for both prostate cancer (CaP) incidence and aggressiveness. When studying complex diseases such as CaP that have a heritable component, chances of finding true disease susceptibility alleles can be increased by accounting for genetic ancestry within the population investigated. Race, ethnicity and ancestry were studied in a...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
