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Confirmation of the HOXB13 G84E germline mutation in familial prostate cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Aug 2012
Breyer Joan P, Avritt T Grant, McReynolds Kate M, Dupont William D, Smith Jeffrey R
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BACKGROUND: A recent study of familial and early onset prostate cancer reported a recurrent rare germline mutation of HOXB13 among men of European descent. The gene resides within the 17q21 hereditary prostate cancer linkage interval. METHODS: We evaluated the G84E germline mutation (rs138213197) of HOXB13 in a case-control study of familial prostate cancer at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) to...
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