Study of 16 X-STRs in a prostate cancer population sample (preliminary results)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2008

Authors

Carvalho, R (Author) Other; Pinheiro, MF (Author) Other; Medeiros, R (Author) ICBAS

Journal

Title: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Vol. 1 No. 1

Pages: 142-144

ISSN: 1875-1768

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-007-N5K

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.168

Abstract (EN): Prostate cancer, like numerous other cancers is a result of genetic alterations that accumulate during disease progression. Study of short tandem repeats (STRs) have already demonstrated that this type of polymorphism could provide a mean to rapidly scan genomes at known or unknown predisposing loci for some diseases. In this study, DNA samples of 282 unrelated males with prostate cancer and 101 apparently healthy and unrelated males were analysed with Argus X-8 (Biotype®) and 77 with a new X-Decaplex used in a collaborative study of GEP-ISFG.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific