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Associations between estrogen receptor genetic polymorphisms, smoking status, and prostate cancer risk: a case-control study in Japanese men.
Environmental health and preventive medicine - 1 Sept 2015
Lu Xi, Yamano Yuko, Takahashi Hiroyuki, Koda Masahide, Fujiwara Yuki, Hisada Aya, Miyazaki Wataru, Katoh Takahiko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the major causes of death among men. Our study investigated the association of ESR1 and ESR2 genotypes with susceptibility to PCa in relation to smoking status in Japanese. METHOD: A case-control study was performed with 750 Japanese prostate cancer patients and 870 healthy controls. After age-matching in case-controls, 352 controls and 352 cases were enrolled in this...
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