A new paper in a new journal argues that all men diagnosed with advanced forms of prostate cancer should now, routinely, be undergoing tumor and germline DNA profiling … READ MORE …
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A newly published article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has suggested that men carrying a particular genetic mutation in the kallikrein 6 gene (KLK-6) have an increased risk for aggressive, clinically significant prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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As regular readers will be well aware, there are now several different tests available that can be used to assess risk for low- and very low-risk forms of prostate cancer at time of diagnosis (as opposed to clinically significant forms that need early treatment). … READ MORE …
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As we have pointed out regularly over the years, all prostate cancers are by no means the same. And a recently published paper in European Urology makes the inherent diversity in the subtypes of prostate cancer even clearer — even within any one specific patient. … READ MORE …
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We know that a family history of prostate cancer and the presence of certain genetic/genomic markers are associated with increased risk for prostate cancer in general and for some types of clinically significant prostate cancer in particular. … READ MORE …
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It is becoming increasingly evident that there is a strong association between ethnic ancestry and risk for prostate cancer — at least among members of the US population. … READ MORE …
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