Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes
Prostate cancer is the UK number one male cancer. Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests only age, race and family history as established risk factors. Other factors such as low dose diagnostic radiations and surrogate hormone markers such as baldness, finger length pattern and acne are hypo...
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| author | Rahman, Aneela Atta Ur |
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| description | Prostate cancer is the UK number one male cancer. Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests only age, race and family history as established risk factors. Other factors such as low dose diagnostic radiations and surrogate hormone markers such as baldness, finger length pattern and acne are hypothesized to have a potential role in the aetiology of prostate cancer. It is evident that genetics plays an important role in prostate cancer aetiology.
This thesis focuses both environmental and genetic factors. The environmental factors include selected surrogate hormone markers, medical diagnostic radiation procedures and family history of prostate cancer. The genetic part explores genetic polymorphisms that could have implications for interactions with exposures studied. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in mechanistic pathways related to DNA repair genes and potential hormone marker genes were the main targets. |
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| spelling | nottingham-125792025-02-28T11:20:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12579/ Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes Rahman, Aneela Atta Ur Prostate cancer is the UK number one male cancer. Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests only age, race and family history as established risk factors. Other factors such as low dose diagnostic radiations and surrogate hormone markers such as baldness, finger length pattern and acne are hypothesized to have a potential role in the aetiology of prostate cancer. It is evident that genetics plays an important role in prostate cancer aetiology. This thesis focuses both environmental and genetic factors. The environmental factors include selected surrogate hormone markers, medical diagnostic radiation procedures and family history of prostate cancer. The genetic part explores genetic polymorphisms that could have implications for interactions with exposures studied. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in mechanistic pathways related to DNA repair genes and potential hormone marker genes were the main targets. 2010-12-10 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12579/1/536348.pdf Rahman, Aneela Atta Ur (2010) Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Etiology of prostate cancer Environmental risk factors Genetic risk factors Genetic polymorphisms |
| spellingShingle | Etiology of prostate cancer Environmental risk factors Genetic risk factors Genetic polymorphisms Rahman, Aneela Atta Ur Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| title | Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| title_full | Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| title_fullStr | Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| title_short | Risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| title_sort | risk factors for prostate cancer: a case-control study investigating selected key exposures and their interactions with predisposition genes |
| topic | Etiology of prostate cancer Environmental risk factors Genetic risk factors Genetic polymorphisms |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12579/ |