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Genomes and GenesSpecies | Kevin M WatersSummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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Generalizability of associations from prostate cancer genome-wide association studies in multiple populationsKevin M Waters
Harlyne Norris Research Tower, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1285-9. 2009..For many of these regions, fine-mapping in non-European samples may help localize causal alleles and better determine their contribution to prostate cancer risk in the population...
No association of type 2 diabetes risk variants and prostate cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort and PAGEKevin M Waters
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Harlyne Norris Research Tower, 1450 Biggy Street, Room 1504, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:1979-81. 2011..We explored the hypothesis that common genetic variation may explain, in part, the inverse association between diabetes and prostate cancer...
Levels of beta-microseminoprotein in blood and risk of prostate cancer in multiple populationsChristopher A Haiman
Harlyne Norris Research Tower, 1450 Biggy St, Rm 1504, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 105:237-43. 2013..Whether MSP levels are predictive of prostate cancer risk has not been evaluated...
Association of diabetes with prostate cancer risk in the multiethnic cohortKevin M Waters
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:937-45. 2009..Diabetes is a protective factor for prostate cancer across populations, suggesting shared risk factors that influence a common mechanism...
A common prostate cancer risk variant 5' of microseminoprotein-beta (MSMB) is a strong predictor of circulating beta-microseminoprotein (MSP) levels in multiple populationsKevin M Waters
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:2639-46. 2010..A common variant, rs10993994, in the 5' region of the gene that encodes MSP (MSMB) has recently been identified as a risk factor for prostate cancer...
Characterizing genetic risk at known prostate cancer susceptibility loci in African AmericansChristopher A Haiman
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
PLoS Genet 7:e1001387. 2011..Our findings with variants at 8q24 also reinforce the importance of this region as a major risk locus for prostate cancer in men of African ancestry...
