Region 2 of 8q24 is associated with the risk of aggressive prostate cancer in Caribbean men of African descent from Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

Region 2 of 8q24 is associated with the risk of aggressive prostate cancer in Caribbean men of African descent from Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

Multiple regions of the genome have been associated with the risk of prostate cancer in Caucasians, particularly including several polymorphisms located at 8q24. Region 2 of 8q24 has been repeatedly found to be associated with the risk of prostate cancer among men of African descent, although one st...

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Main Authors: Geraldine Cancel-Tassin, Marc Romana, Cecile Gaffory, Pascal Blanchet, Olivier Cussenot, Luc Multigner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-02-01
Series:Asian Journal of Andrology
Subjects:
African Continental Ancestry Group; aggressiveness; Caribbean region; genetic predisposition to disease; prostatic neoplasms
Online Access:http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2015;volume=17;issue=1;spage=117;epage=119;aulast=Cancel-Tassin

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