[Hopespringpcsg] FW: [PPML] New findings concerning hereditary prostate cancer

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:
Interesting article wrt PCa risk for men in a family where one man has been diagnosed with PCa.
It emphasizes the need to get the message out to the "men in your life".

Take care,

Glen

 
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160711092513.htm

"We expected that the risk of aggressive prostate cancer would not be much increased in brothers of men with the indolent form, but it turned out to almost as high as the risk among men with aggressive prostate cancer in the family," says Associate Professor Ola Bratt at Lund University, who lead the research project.

*Journal Reference*:

   1. Ola Bratt, Linda Drevin, Olof Akre, Hans Garmo & Pär Stattin. *Family
   History and Probability of Prostate Cancer, Differentiated by Risk Category
   – a Nationwide Population-Based Study*. *Journal of the National Cancer
   Institute*, Volume 108 Issue 10 October 2016 DOI:10.1093/jnci/djw110
   <http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djw110>

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