In total, 126 individuals (including 89 men with prostate cancer) were genotyped using markers that map to five prostate cancer susceptibility loci, namely HPC1 at 1q24–25, PCAP at 1q42.2–43, CAPB at 1p36, HPC20 on chromosome 20, and HPCX at Xq27–28. Here, STX1A is linked to prostate carcinoma.