MONDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News)
The discovery of
two inherited genetic variations may help doctors identify men at
greater risk for aggressive prostate cancer, a new study suggests.
A man's risk for the disease could triple or even quadruple depending
on the genetic variant they have, according to the researchers from Weill
Cornell Medical College in New York City and elsewhere.
Having a family history of prostate cancer is the strongest risk factor
for the disease. As a result, the researchers set out to find DNA that is
deleted or duplicated in the genetic information of men with prostate
cancer compared to those who do not have the disease.
In testing the effect of the two inherited variants in a lab, the
investigators showed that the variants helped cancer cells grow and
invade, putting some men at four times greater risk for prostate
cancer.
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Researchers Find Genes Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer:
