In 2004, Zeegers et al. 6 published the first meta-analysis regarding the association between CAG and GGN repeat length polymorphisms in the androgen receptor gene and prostate cancer risk, in which included 23 articles with 19 retrospective case-control studies and 5 prospective case-control studies, comprising a total of 4274 cases and 5275 controls. Here, AR is linked to prostate cancer.