A Novel Gene Alteration Associates with Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African American Men
It is well established that prostate cancer is more prevalent in African American men when compared to men of other ethnicities. There has been a premise that a combination of genetics, lifestyle, nutritional and medical access reasons led to the significant statistical difference. However, in their study titled, "A Novel Genomic Alteration of LSAMP associates with Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African American Men," published in EBioMedicine (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S2352396415301870), researchers from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, DoD's Joint Pathology Center (JPC), Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute (DFCI), Genomatix GmbH and CytoTest, Inc., found some distinct genomic variations that also could be to blame.