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Associations between an Obesity Related Genetic Variant (FTO rs9939609) and Prostate Cancer Risk

Observational studies suggest that obese men have a lower risk of incident prostate cancer, but an increased risk of advanced and fatal cancers. These observations could be due to confounding, detection bias, or a biological effect of obesity. Genetic studies are less susceptible to confounding than...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Sarah J., Murad, Ali, Chen, Lina, Davey Smith, George, Donovan, Jenny, Palmer, Tom, Hamdy, Freddie, Neal, David, Lane, J. Athene, Davis, Michael, Cox, Angela, Martin, Richard M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20976066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013485