Multiple prostate cancer risk variants on 8q24
Nature GeneticsPublished 25 April 2007
John S. Witte
Citations117
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Three new reports leverage genome-wide studies to localize and replicate multiple independent variants strongly associated with prostate cancer on chromosome 8q24, providing a significant advance toward deciphering the genetic basis of this disease.
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Three new reports leverage genome-wide studies to localize and replicate multiple independent variants strongly associated with prostate cancer on chromosome 8q24. These findings provide a significant advance toward deciphering the genetic basis of this disease, although further work is needed to clarify the biological mechanisms underlying these associations.
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MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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