Genetic polymorphism and prostate cancer aggressiveness: A case‐only study of 1,536 GWAS and candidate SNPs in African‐Americans and European‐Americans

Abstract

Genome‐wide association studies have established a number of replicated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for susceptibility to prostate cancer (CaP), but it is unclear whether these susceptibility SNPs are also associated with disease aggressiveness. This study evaluates whether such replication SNPs or other candidate SNPs are associated with CaP aggressiveness in African‐American (AA) and European‐American (EA) men.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Source ID
10.1002/pros.22532

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth T.h. Fontham
  • Gary J. Smith
  • Jack A. Taylor
  • James L Mohler
  • Jeannette T. Bensen
  • Zongli Xu

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

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Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.
  • Women's Health and Cancer Risk Research: African American Women and Pregnancy Outcomes.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology