Among Hispanics And Caucasians Genes May Play Role In Risk Assessment For Prostate Cancer From: medicalnewstoday.com
Posted on: May 19th, 2008
Genetic differences may explain the greater risk for prostate cancer among Caucasian men compared with Hispanic men, which could help clinicians predict who is more likely to develop the disease, according to a paper published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Currently, the most common method for assessing risk for prostate cancer is the prostate specific antigen test, but this method can identify tumors that may not be a threat to the health of a man and misses other tumors. “*
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