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Rare Variation in TET2 Is Associated with Clinically Relevant Prostate Carcinoma in African Americans.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Nov 2016
Koboldt Daniel C, Kanchi Krishna L, Gui Bin, Larson David E, Fulton Robert S, Isaacs William B, Kraja Aldi, Borecki Ingrid B, Jia Li, Wilson Richard K, Mardis Elaine R, Kibel Adam S
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BACKGROUND: Common variants have been associated with prostate cancer risk. Unfortunately, few are reproducibly linked to aggressive disease, the phenotype of greatest clinical relevance. One possible explanation is that rare genetic variants underlie a significant proportion of the risk for aggressive disease. METHOD: To identify such variants, we performed a two-stage approach using whole-exome sequencing...
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