Prostate Cancer :: Data on Genetic Susceptibility for Prostate Cancer
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has released new data from the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) study on prostate cancer. This information could help identify genetic factors that influence the disease and will be integral to the discovery and development of new, targeted therapies. This is also the first public release of a whole genome association study of cancer – such studies examine the entire genome, with no assumptions about which genetic alterations cause cancer.