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Genetic factors influencing prostate cancer risk in Norwegian men.
The Prostate - 1 Feb 2018
Chen Haitao, Ewing Charles M, Zheng Sigun, Grindedaal Eli M, Cooney Kathleen A, Wiley Kathleen, Djurovic Srdjan, Andreassen Ole A, Axcrona Karol, Mills Ian G, Xu Jianfeng, Maehle Lovise, Fosså Sophie D, Isaacs William B
Abstract excerpt
Norway has one of the highest rates of death due to prostate cancer (PCa) in the world. To assess the contribution of both common and rare single nucleotide variants (SNPs) to the prostate cancer burden in Norway, we assessed the frequency of the established prostate cancer susceptibility allele, HOXB13 G84E, as well as a series of validated, common PCa risk SNPs in a Norwegian PCa population of 779 patients. The...
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