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Prevalence of the HOXB13 G84E prostate cancer risk allele in men treated with radical prostatectomy.
BJU international - 1 May 2014
Beebe-Dimmer Jennifer L, Isaacs William B, Zuhlke Kimberly A, Yee Cecilia, Walsh Patrick C, Isaacs Sarah D, Johnson Anna M, Ewing Charles E, Humphreys Elizabeth B, Chowdhury Wasim H, Montie James E, Cooney Kathleen A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and clinical correlates of the G84E mutation in the homeobox transcription factor, or HOXB13, gene using DNA samples from 9559 men with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: DNA samples from men treated with radical prostatectomy at the University of Michigan and John Hopkins University were genotyped for G84E and this was confirmed by...
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