BBC NEWS: A BRCA2 gene mutation can increase risk of prostate cancer by up to seven-fold, while a BRACA1 mutation is thought to double risk in men under 65 years old, a study shows. READ MORE>
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Gene mutation increases prostate cancer risk seven fold
Posted in DNA damage, tagged BBC NEWS:, BRACA1 mutation, BRCA2 gene mutation, cancer research, catherise, catheter, catheterisation, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, self-catheterise, URO TODAY on September 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Prostate cancer is not simply a disease we inherit
Posted in DNA damage, tagged catheter, gene variations, Huntington’s disease, Mike Scott, multi-stage process, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer screening, sickle cell anemia, truly heritable diseases on August 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Prostate cancer is linked to gene variations we inherit, but there are other factors involved as well, writes Mike Scott. READ MORE>
It is all too easy to want to believe that prostate cancer (and other forms of cancer) might be like one of the truly heritable diseases that are utterly dependent on one’s genetics, such as sickle cell anemia or Huntington’s disease.
Unfortunately, it just isn’t going to be that simple.
The development of prostate cancer in any specific individual is most probably a multi-stage process.
It may well be linked to the genes you are born with, but it is also quite certainly linked to other things that happen as you age.
As yet, we have minimal understanding of what those “other things” really are.
Five new gene variations found that may be linked to prostate cancer
Posted in DNA damage, PROSTATE RESEARCH, tagged cancer research, catheter, gene variants, gene variations, genes and prostate, genetic causes for prostate cancer, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER on August 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
MSNBC: A large study in Japan into possible genetic causes for prostate cancer has uncovered five new gene variants which have never been seen in previous studies in Caucasians. READ MORE>
Gene fusion now thought to be the cause of prostate cancer
Posted in DNA damage, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged abnormal prostate cell growth, cancer research, fusion of two genes, hormone androgen, primary cause of prostate cancer, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, receptors, US Prostate Cancer Foundation on May 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
US PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: The primary cause of prostate cancer could be the fusion of two genes and the subsequent abnormal prostate cell growth that results when receptors for the hormone androgen get blocked, a new study reveals. READ MORE>