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Incorporating Known Genetic Variants Does Not Improve the Accuracy of PSA Testing to Identify High Risk Prostate Cancer on Biopsy
INTRODUCTION: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is a widely accepted screening method for prostate cancer, but with low specificity at thresholds giving good sensitivity. Previous research identified four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) principally associated with circulating PSA levels...
Autores principales: | Gilbert, Rebecca, Martin, Richard M., Evans, David M., Tilling, Kate, Davey Smith, George, Kemp, John P., Lane, J. Athene, Hamdy, Freddie C., Neal, David E., Donovan, Jenny L., Metcalfe, Chris |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592274/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26431041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136735 |
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