Apparent genetic link to prostate cancer in African-American men determined

Monday, May 23, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Some men of African descent may have a higher genetic risk of developing prostate cancer, according to new research. The genome-wide association study determined a marker of risk for prostate cancer in men of African descent, who tend to more susceptible to prostate cancer than men of non-African descent.

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