Search Results - "O'Brien, Lynne T."
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Multiple newly identified loci associated with prostate cancer susceptibility
Published in Nature genetics (01-03-2008)“…Prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting males in developed countries. It shows consistent evidence of familial aggregation, but the causes of this…”
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Multiple loci on 8q24 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility
Published in Nature genetics (01-10-2009)“…Previous studies have identified multiple loci on 8q24 associated with prostate cancer risk. We performed a comprehensive analysis of SNP associations across…”
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A risk prediction algorithm based on family history and common genetic variants: application to prostate cancer with potential clinical impact
Published in Genetic epidemiology (01-09-2011)“…Genome wide association studies have identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are independently associated with small increments in risk…”
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Clinical implications of family history of prostate cancer and genetic risk single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) profiles in an active surveillance cohort
Published in BJU international (01-09-2013)“…What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Family history (FH) is a major risk factor for the development of prostate cancer. The search for…”
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Prostate cancer segregation analyses using 4390 families from UK and Australian population-based studies
Published in Genetic epidemiology (01-01-2010)“…Familial aggregation of prostate cancer is likely to be due to multiple susceptibility loci, perhaps acting in conjunction with shared lifestyle risk factors…”
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Identification of new genetic risk factors for prostate cancer
Published in Asian journal of andrology (01-01-2009)“…There is evidence that a substantial part of genetic predisposition to prostate cancer (PCa) may be due to lower penetrance genes which are found by…”
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Multiple Loci With Different Cancer Specificities Within the 8q24 Gene Desert
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (02-07-2008)“…Recent studies based on genome-wide association, linkage, and admixture scan analysis have reported associations of various genetic variants in 8q24 with…”
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