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Validation of copy number variants associated with prostate cancer risk and prognosis.
Urologic oncology - 1 Jan 2014
Blackburn August, Wilson Desiree, Gelfond Jonathan, Yao Li, Hernandez Javier, Thompson Ian M, Leach Robin J, Lehman Donna M
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OBJECTIVE: Two recent studies have reported novel heritable copy number variants on chromosomes 2p, 15q, and 12q to be associated with prostate cancer (PCa) risk in non-Hispanic Caucasians. The goal of this study was to determine whether these findings could be independently confirmed in the Caucasian population from the South Texas area. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The study subjects consisted of participants of the...
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