American Association for Cancer Research

Genes may play role in risk assessment for prostate cancer among Hispanics and caucasians

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, May 26th, 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 the May 15, 2008, issue of 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.

"Men typically have this test after they turn 50 years old, and it can spot a tumor that may...

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