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Genome-wide haplotype association study identifies BLM as a risk gene for prostate cancer in Chinese population.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Apr 2015
Wang Qun, Lv Hongchao, Lv Wenhua, Shi Miao, Zhang Mingming, Luan Meiwei, Zhu Hongjie, Zhang Ruijie, Jiang Yongshuai
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer (PC) is a common malignant tumor that occurs in the prostate epithelial cells. It is generally considered to be caused by both genetic and environmental factors. To identify the genetic risk factors of PC in Chinese population, we carried out a genome-wide haplotype-based association study. The 33 Chinese PC cases were from the public GEO database (GSE18333), and the 139 Chinese controls (CHB)...
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