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Cyclooxygenase 2 genotypes influence prostate cancer susceptibility in Japanese Men.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Mar 2014
Sugie Satoru, Tsukino Hiromasa, Mukai Shoichiro, Akioka Takahiro, Shibata Norihiko, Nagano Masafumi, Kamoto Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) G1195A (rs689465) polymorphism and the risk of prostate cancer in a Japanese population and the associations between COX2 polymorphisms and clinicopathological characteristics, including Gleason grade and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) grade. We recruited 134 patients with prostate cancer and 86 healthy controls matched for age and...
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