First major gene mutation associated with hereditary prostate cancer risk

Friday, January 13, 2012 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

After a 20-year quest to find a genetic driver for prostate cancer that strikes men at younger ages and runs in families, researchers have identified a rare, inherited mutation linked to a significantly higher risk of the disease.

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