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Searching for candidate genes in familial BRCAX mutation carriers with prostate cancer.
Urologic oncology - 1 Mar 2016
Hunter Sally M, Rowley Simone M, Clouston David, Li Jason, Lupat Richard, Krishnananthan Nishanth, Risbridger Gail, Taylor Renea, Bolton Damien, Campbell Ian G, Thorne Heather
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OBJECTIVE: A family history of prostate cancer (PC) is a well-recognized high-risk factor for the development of clinically significant PC. To date, traditional linkage and association studies have identified only a limited number of genes and specific gene variants that account for only a small proportion of PC risk. To identify novel PC predisposition genes we performed whole-exome sequencing of PC-affected men...
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