| Abstract: | Compelling evidence demonstrates chromosome 8q24 as a prostate cancer susceptibility locus. In present work we studied whether the common variants of 8q24 region, rs6983267 and rs1447295, were associated with the sporadic prostate cancer risk in the Russian population. Polymorphisms were genotyped in 393 case and 384 control Russian Caucasian men from Siberia region. The A allele of rs1447295 was significantly associated with the risk of prostate cancer (ORCI 95%] = 1.74 1.26-2.4], p = 7.8 x 10(-4)). A common G-A haplotype for rs6983267 - rs1447295 also showed an association with prostate cancer risk in Russian population (ORCI 95%] = 2.03 1.1 - 3.75], p = 0.02). We performed a meta-analysis combining our results with previous studies to evaluate the association between studied SNPs and prostate cancer risk. Meta-analysis has strongly supported the association for these SNPs (p < 10(-6)). Accordingly our study confirms the association between chromosome 8q24 and prostate cancer risk. |
