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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 accou...
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