Medscape Medical News - July 20, 2012
A new study has confirmed that a genetic mutation significantly
increases the risk for prostate cancer, especially early-onset and
familial cancers, in white men.
The study was published online July 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and moves academic research a step closer to a possible commercial test.
The new study comes about 6 months after a groundbreaking article was published on the discovery of the mutation. That article established the G84E mutation as the first major genetic variant associated with inherited prostate cancer.
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