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The role of genetic testing in prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Current opinion in oncology - 1 May 2022
de la Calle Claire M, Bhanji Yasin, Pavlovich Christian P, Isaacs William B
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an overview of the current role of genetic testing in prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent studies have uncovered few but highly penetrant rare pathogenic mutations (RPMs), in genes, such as BRCA2, with strong prostate cancer risk and outcomes associations. Over 260 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have also been identified,...
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