Second to fourth digit ratio (2D: 4D) and prostate cancer risk in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

DC Muller; GG Giles; JT Manning; JL Hopper; DR English; G Severi

Journal article

Second to fourth digit ratio (2D: 4D) and prostate cancer risk in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

DC Muller, GG Giles, JT Manning, JL Hopper, DR English, G Severi

British Journal of Cancer | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.253

University of Melbourne Researchers

Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Dallas English Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Gianluca Severi Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Grant nos. 126402, 209057, 170215, 251533, 450104), and the infrastructure was provided by the Cancer Council Victoria. We would like to acknowledge the work of Juliet Anderson, Lily Laskaris and Judith Heads who measured the vast majority of the digits, and the past and present members of the study team. We thank the men of Melbourne who participated in this study and who still continue to participate in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study.