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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Chad Creighton
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12702 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) 20090301 3
African American (AA) men have a higher incidence and significantly higher mortality rates from prostate cancer than white men, but the biological basis for these differences are poorly understood. Few studies have been carried out to determine whether there are areas of allelic loss or gain in prostate cancers from AA men that are overrepresented in or specific to this group. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer in AA men, we have analyzed 20 prostate cancers from AA ...[more]