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SUBMITTER: Zhu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4673214 | biostudies-other | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhu Yao Y Han Cheng-Tao CT Chen Hai-Tao HT Liu Fang F Zhang Gui-Ming GM Yang Wei-Yi WY Xu Jian-Feng JF Ye Ding-Wei DW
Oncotarget 20150901 26
<h4>Background</h4>We investigated whether age influences the predictiveness of genetic risk score (GRS) for prostate cancer (PCa) in a Chinese hospital-based biopsy cohort.<h4>Methods</h4>We included consecutive patients who underwent prostate biopsies in two tertiary centers between 2012 and 2014. GRS was calculated using 24 PCa-associated genetic variants and its predictiveness was assessed by area under curve (AUC).<h4>Results</h4>Of 1120 men tested, 724 with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ...[more]