An article just published on line in Clinical Cancer Research supposedly reports the discovery of a single nucleotide polymorphism or SNP that may be useful in predicting which patients with Gleason 7 disease are most likely to have a more aggressive form of cancer. … READ MORE …
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We lost count some time ago of the number of different single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) that had been “associated” in some way or other with risk for prostate cancer and/or with risk for more aggressive forms of prostate cancer in specific sets of people (e.g., Swedes, African-Americans, Ghanaians, Caucasians in general, you name it). … READ MORE …
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Under the “And this helps me how?” column we can now add the topic of a possible genetic link between endometrial cancer and prostate cancer (maybe). … READ MORE …
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Previous research using so-called “genome-wide association studies” or GWAS have suggested that there may be as many as 30 different inherited prostate cancer genetic risk variants. What we don’t know much about yet is the relationships between specific genetic risk variants and the clinical outcomes of patients carrying those variants. … READ MORE …
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A large study of genetic markers in Japanese prostate cancer patients has clearly shown that some of the markers of prostate cancer in Caucasians do not appear in Japanese patients whereas new markers appear to be common among Japanese. … READ MORE …
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In this weekend’s prostate cancer news reports, we have addressed recent publications on:
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Two new papers published on line in Nature Genetics have added a total of nine more genetic variants to the number of variants associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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In today’s news reports we address new data on:
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In today’s news report we touch on papers that address:
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Today’s news reports deal with:
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Today’s reports cover such items as:
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