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Genetic determinants for the racial disparities in the risk of prostate and testicular cancers
Uzamere I, Wang Y, Zheng T, Zhu Y. Genetic determinants for the racial disparities in the risk of prostate and testicular cancers. Communications Medicine 2022, 2: 138. PMID: 36352009, PMCID: PMC9630379, DOI: 10.1038/s43856-022-00205-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of prostateTesticular cancerProstate cancerRisk allelesRacial disparitiesEuropean ancestryAfrican ancestryMethodsThe current studyLower incidenceIncidence disparitiesHigh incidenceRisk allele frequenciesCancerConclusionsOur findingsGenetic factorsMenT-testRegression analysisProstateIncidenceGenetic determinantsCurrent studyRiskAllele frequenciesDisparities
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Nucleotide Excision Repair Gene Polymorphisms and Recurrence after Treatment for Superficial Bladder Cancer
Gu J, Zhao H, Dinney C, Zhu Y, Leibovici D, Bermejo C, Grossman H, Wu X. Nucleotide Excision Repair Gene Polymorphisms and Recurrence after Treatment for Superficial Bladder Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2005, 11: 1408-1415. PMID: 15746040, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-1101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAllelesBCG VaccineDisease ProgressionDNA HelicasesDNA RepairDNA Repair EnzymesDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGene FrequencyGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPoly-ADP-Ribose Binding ProteinsPolymorphism, GeneticSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsXeroderma Pigmentosum Group A ProteinConceptsBacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentRecurrence-free survival timeSuperficial bladder cancerShorter recurrence-free survival timeHigh recurrence riskDNA repair capacityHigh-risk allelesRecurrence riskPutative high-risk alleleVariant allelesClinical outcomesBladder cancerSurvival timeIntravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin treatmentGene polymorphismsSuperficial bladder cancer recurrenceRepair capacityNucleotide excision repair gene polymorphismsRisk allelesCancer treatmentBladder cancer outcomesBladder cancer recurrenceBladder cancer treatmentMore risk allelesEnd of observation