Brothers of prostate cancer patients undergo more diagnostic activities

Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

The brothers of men with prostate cancer are at an increased risk of prostate cancer diagnosis because of increased diagnostic activity and not necessarily because they carry a genetic mutation that increases risk of the disease, according to a study published online August 19 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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