The effect of each variant is too small to be useful in predicting the risk for prostate cancer xu said. Jianfeng xu a professor of epidemiology and cancer biology at wake forest university school of medicine.
Currently age race and family history are the three risk factors associated with increased risk of prostate cancer. A new blood test that looks at five genetic variants could one day predict the risk of developing prostate cancer a new study says.
For the study the researchers examined dna samples from men with prostate cancer and compared them with dna of healthy men. Durado brooks director of prostate and colorectal cancer at the american cancer society said the findings are important but its not yet clear how they could be used in clinical practice.
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