Epidemiology and genomics of prostate cancer in Asian men

Y Zhu, M Mo, Y Wei, J Wu, J Pan, SJ Freedland… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a global health problem, but incidence varies considerably across
different continents. Asia is traditionally considered a low-incidence area, but the incidence …

The epidemiology of prostate cancer

CH Pernar, EM Ebot, KM Wilson… - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Prostate cancer is a major cause of disease and mortality among men, and each year 1.6
million men are diagnosed with and 366,000 men die of prostate cancer. In this review, we …

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

DV Conti, BF Darst, LC Moss, EJ Saunders, X Sheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across
ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer …

Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants

A Wang, J Shen, AA Rodriguez, EJ Saunders, F Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The transferability and clinical value of genetic risk scores (GRSs) across populations
remain limited due to an imbalance in genetic studies across ancestrally diverse …

Epidemiology of prostate cancer in Asian countries

T Kimura, S Egawa - International journal of urology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of prostate cancer has been increasing worldwide in recent years. The
GLOBOCAN project showed that prostate cancer was the second most frequently diagnosed …

Pan-cancer analysis demonstrates that integrating polygenic risk scores with modifiable risk factors improves risk prediction

L Kachuri, RE Graff, K Smith-Byrne, TJ Meyers… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer risk is determined by a complex interplay of environmental and heritable factors.
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) provide a personalized genetic susceptibility profile that may be …

Evidence of novel susceptibility variants for prostate cancer and a multiancestry polygenic risk score associated with aggressive disease in men of African ancestry

F Chen, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, BF Darst, A Chou… - European urology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Genetic factors play an important role in prostate cancer (PCa) susceptibility.
Objective To discover common genetic variants contributing to the risk of PCa in men of …

Genetic contributors to variation in alcohol consumption vary by race/ethnicity in a large multi-ethnic genome-wide association study

E Jorgenson, KK Thai, TJ Hoffmann, LC Sakoda… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption is a complex trait determined by both genetic and environmental
factors, and is correlated with the risk of alcohol use disorders. Although a small number of …

Androgen receptor binding sites enabling genetic prediction of mortality due to prostate cancer in cancer-free subjects

S Ito, X Liu, Y Ishikawa, DD Conti, N Otomo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Prostate cancer (PrCa) is the second most common cancer worldwide in males. While
strongly warranted, the prediction of mortality risk due to PrCa, especially before its …

African-American prostate cancer disparities

ZL Smith, SE Eggener, AB Murphy - Current urology reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to examine prostate cancer racial
disparities specific to the African-American population. Recent Findings African-American …