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Nature Genetics 38, 652–658 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/ng1808

A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

Laufey T Amundadottir , Patrick Sulem , Julius Gudmundsson , Agnar Helgason , Adam Baker , Bjarni A Agnarsson , Asgeir Sigurdsson , Kristrun R Benediktsdottir , Jean-Baptiste Cazier , Jesus Sainz , Margret Jakobsdottir , Jelena Kostic , Droplaug N Magnusdottir , Shyamali Ghosh , Kari Agnarsson , Birgitta Birgisdottir , Louise Le Roux , Adalheidur Olafsdottir , Thorarinn Blondal , Margret Andresdottir , Olafia Svandis Gretarsdottir , Jon T Bergthorsson , Daniel Gudbjartsson , Arnaldur Gylfason , Gudmar Thorleifsson , Andrei Manolescu , Kristleifur Kristjansson , Gudmundur Geirsson , Helgi Isaksson , Julie Douglas , Jan-Erik Johansson , Katarina B|[auml]|lter , Fredrik Wiklund , James E Montie , Xiaoying Yu , Brian K Suarez , Carole Ober , Kathleen A Cooney , Henrik Gronberg , William J Catalona , Gudmundur V Einarsson , Rosa B Barkardottir , Jeffrey R Gulcher , Augustine Kong , Unnur Thorsteinsdottir & Kari Stefansson

With the increasing incidence of prostate cancer, identifying common genetic variants that confer risk of the disease is important. Here we report such a variant on chromosome 8q24, a region initially identified through a study of Icelandic families.