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Clinical consequences of a genetic predisposition toward higher benign prostate-specific antigen levels.
EBioMedicine - 1 Nov 2023
Shi Mingjian, Shelley John P, Schaffer Kerry R, Tosoian Jeffrey J, Bagheri Minoo, Witte John S, Kachuri Linda, Mosley Jonathan D
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BACKGROUND: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are influenced by genetic variation unrelated to prostate cancer risk. Whether a genetic predisposition to a higher PSA level predisposes to a diagnostic work-up for prostate cancer is not known. METHODS: Participants were 3110 men of African and European ancestries ages 45-70, without prostate cancer and with a baseline PSA < 4 ng/mL, undergoing routine clinical...
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