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SUBMITTER: Meyer TE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2820124 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meyer Tamra E TE Boerwinkle Eric E Morrison Alanna C AC Volcik Kelly A KA Sanderson Maureen M Coker Ann L AL Pankow James S JS Folsom Aaron R AR
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20100201 2
There is a known inverse association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and prostate cancer (PrCa) that is poorly understood. Genetic studies of the T2D-PrCa association may provide insight into the underlying mechanisms of this association. We evaluated associations in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study between PrCa and nine T2D single nucleotide polymorphisms from genome-wide association studies of T2D (in CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, FTO, HHEX, IGF2BP2, KCNJ11, PPARG, SLC30A8, and TCF7L2) and four ...[more]