[PDF][PDF] Prostate cancer predisposition

Y Bhanji, WB Isaacs, J Xu, KA Cooney - Urologic Clinics of North America, 2021 - Elsevier
The three most important recognized risks for prostate cancer (PCa) are increasing age,
ancestry, and family history of the disease. The clustering of PCa within families can be …

Germline predisposition to prostate cancer in diverse populations

KK Bree, PJ Hensley, CA Pettaway - Urologic Clinics, 2021 - urologic.theclinics.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common solid organ malignancy diagnosed in American
men and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. In the United States, 192,000 …

Genetic predisposition to prostate cancer: update and future perspectives

F Demichelis, JL Stanford - Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Prostate cancer is the second most frequent cancer in men worldwide and kills
over 250,000 men worldwide every year. Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease at the …

Polygenic risk scores in prostate cancer risk assessment and screening

L Byrne, AE Toland - Urologic Clinics, 2021 - urologic.theclinics.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer among men with a lifetime risk of 12%
and median age of diagnosis of 66. 1 In 2020, 191,930 new cases are expected to be …

[PDF][PDF] Does a family history of prostate cancer result in more aggressive disease?

EA Klein, PA Kupelian, JS Witte - Prostate cancer and prostatic …, 1998 - researchgate.net
Current epidemiologic and genetic data suggest the hypothetical paradigm that prostate
cancer occurs in three forms: sporadic, familial, and hereditary (Figure 1). Sporadic cases …

Prostate cancer genetics.

G Cancel-Tassin, O Cussenot - … e Nefrologica= The Italian Journal of …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most frequent malignant tumor among men over 50 years old. Its
incidence varies according to countries and ethnic groups. Known risk factors are race and …

Inherited predisposition to prostate cancer

BAJ Verhage, LALM Kiemeney - European journal of epidemiology, 2003 - Springer
A genetic component in prostate cancer has been recognized for decades. Through
numerous epidemiological and molecular biological studies much evidence has …

Genetic variants associated with predisposition to prostate cancer and potential clinical implications

CL Goh, FR Schumacher, D Easton… - Journal of internal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Goh CL, Schumacher FR, Easton D, Muir K, Henderson B, Kote‐Jarai Z, Eeles RA (The
Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK; Keck School of Medicine, University of …

Prostate cancer susceptibility loci: finding the genes

EA Ostrander, B Johannesson - Hormonal Carcinogenesis V, 2008 - Springer
In 2006 alone, nearly 234,460 men in the USA will be diagnosed with prostate cancer (PC).
In addition, about 27,000 will die from, rather than with, their disease (1). Although there is …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic score is an objective and better measurement of inherited risk of prostate cancer than family history

J Sun, R Na, FC Hsu, SL Zheng, F Wiklund… - European …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Positive family history of prostate cancer (PCa) has been consistently associated with
increased PCa risk [1]. It is widely used in clinical practice and is a strong indication …