Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Are common variants in 8q24 associated with risk for prostate cancer and tumor aggressiveness in men of European ancestry?
Answer: Although this study does not directly confirm associations of the three specific SNPs (cited above), it corroborates reported signals of association in 8q24 reaffirming that genetic variation on 8q24 influences susceptibility to PC in men of European ancestry. Although our study did not confirm the allelic association of rs1447295, meta-analysis of this SNP provided support to previous reported associations. Further, this study implicates the 8q24 region with aggressive forms of PC.
Output (English): yes