The evidence for prostate cancer risk loci at 8q24 grows stronger

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1499-1501

  Savage, Sharon A ^a   Greene, Mark H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME 8Q24; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOME 8; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548999711     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djm186     Document Type: Editorial

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