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Genetic variants in the CYP24A1 gene are associated with prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness in a Korean study population.
Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases - 1 Jun 2014
Oh J J, Byun S-S, Lee S E, Hong S K, Jeong C W, Choi W S, Kim D, Kim H J, Myung S C
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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D-deactivating enzyme CYP24A1 had controversial effects on prostate cancer risk; the genetic study also showed the controversial results. Therefore, we identified the relationships between polymorphisms in CYP24A1 and prostate cancer in a Korean cohort. METHODS: We evaluated the association between 21 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CYP24A1 and prostate cancer in Korean men (272...
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