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Clinical and Functional Analyses of an African-ancestry Gain-of-function HOXB13 Variant Implicated in Aggressive Prostate Cancer
6 Oct 2023
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BACKGROUND: Recent reports have uncovered a HOXB13 variant (X285K) predisposing to prostate cancer in men of West African ancestry. The clinical relevance and protein function associated with this inherited variant are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical relevance of HOXB13 (X285K) in comparison with HOXB13 (G84E) and BRCA2 pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants, and to elucidate the oncogenic...
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