Genome-wide Scan Identifies Role for AOX1 in Prostate Cancer Survival

Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer have low-risk cancers. How to predict prostate cancer progression at the time of diagnosis remains challenging.To identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with death from prostate cancer.Blood samples from 11 506 men in Sweden were collected during 1991-1996. Of these, 1053 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and 245 died from the disease. Stage and grade at diagnosis and outcome...