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Translating genetic risk factors for prostate cancer to the clinic: 2013 and beyond.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Jan 2014
Mikropoulos Christos, Goh Chee, Leongamornlert Daniel, Kote-Jarai Zsofia, Eeles Rosalind
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Prostate cancer (PrCa) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the male UK population, with over 40,000 new cases per year. PrCa has a complex, polygenic predisposition, due to rare variants such as BRCA and common variants such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). With the introduction of genome-wide association studies, 78 susceptibility loci (SNPs) associated with PrCa risk have been identified. Genetic...
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