A Large Multiethnic Genome-Wide Association Study of Prostate Cancer Identifies Novel Risk Variants and Substantial Ethnic Differences

Thomas J. Hoffmann, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Lori C. Sakoda, Eric Jorgenson, Laurel A. Habel, Rebecca E. Graff, Michael N. Passarelli, Clinton L. Cario, Nima C. Emami, Chun Chao,

Cancer Discovery · 2015 · 131 citations · 54 references

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Abstract

Taken together, our findings of independent risk variants, ethnic variation in existing SNP replication, and remaining unexplained heritability have important implications for further clarifying the genetic risk of prostate cancer. Our findings also suggest that there may be much promise in evaluating understudied variation, such as indels and ethnically diverse populations.

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