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Genetics of prostate cancer and its utility in treatment and screening.
Advances in genetics - 1 Jan 2021
Benafif S, Ni Raghallaigh H, McHugh J, Eeles R
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer heritability is attributed to a combination of rare, moderate to highly penetrant genetic variants as well as commonly occurring variants conferring modest risks [single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)]. Some of the former type of variants (e.g., BRCA2 mutations) predispose particularly to aggressive prostate cancer and confer poorer prognoses compared to men who do not carry mutations....
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