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Androgen metabolism and JAK/STAT pathway genes and prostate cancer risk.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Aug 2012
Kwon Erika M, Holt Sarah K, Fu Rong, Kolb Suzanne, Williams Gabrielle, Stanford Janet L, Ostrander Elaine A
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BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer (PC) is the most frequently diagnosed solid tumor in U.S. men. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over 40 risk-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including variants in androgen pathway genes (e.g., KLK3 and AR). Androgens are important in PC and genes involved in this pathway are therefore candidates for conferring susceptibility to PC. METHODS: In...
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