Association of chromosomal locus 8q24 and risk of prostate cancer: A hospital-based study of German patients treated with brachytherapy

Abstract Background Genetic susceptibility contributes to the risk of prostate cancer but the underlying genes are largely unknown. Polymorphic loci on chromosome 8q24 have emerged as possible risk factors for breast and prostate cancer from genome-wide association studies. Objective We aimed to def...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Urologic oncology 2009-07, Vol.27 (4), p.373-376
Hauptverfasser:	Meyer, Andreas, M.D, Schürmann, Peter, Ghahremani, Maryam, Kocak, Ertan, Brinkhaus, Maria-Jantje, Bremer, Michael, M.D, Karstens, Johann H., M.D, Hagemann, Jörn, M.D, Machtens, Stefan, M.D, Dörk, Thilo, Ph.D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis Adenocarcinoma - genetics Adenocarcinoma - therapy Adult Aged Association study Biological and medical sciences Brachytherapy Brachytherapy - methods Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 Genetic predisposition Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Germany Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Polymorphism, Genetic Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Prostate cancer susceptibility Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis Prostatic Neoplasms - genetics Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy Risk Tumors Tumors of the urinary system Urinary tract. Prostate gland Urology
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