Associations between an obesity related genetic variant (FTO rs9939609) and prostate cancer risk.

Associations between an obesity related genetic variant (FTO rs9939609) and prostate cancer risk.

Observational studies suggest that obese men have a lower risk of incident prostate cancer, but an increased risk of advanced and fatal cancers. These observations could be due to confounding, detection bias, or a biological effect of obesity. Genetic studies are less susceptible to confounding than...

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Main Authors: Sarah J Lewis, Ali Murad, Lina Chen, George Davey Smith, Jenny Donovan, Tom Palmer, Freddie Hamdy, David Neal, J Athene Lane, Michael Davis, Angela Cox, Richard M Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2957440?pdf=render

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