Genetics of Prostate Cancer (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

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Introduction

Updated statistics with estimated new prostate cancer cases and deaths for 2017 (cited American Cancer Society as reference 1).

Updated statistics with age-specific probabilities of being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017.

Identifying Genes and Inherited Variants Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk

Revised text to state that because a man’s lifetime risk of prostate cancer is one in eight (cited American Cancer Society as reference 4), it is possible that families under study have men with both inherited and sporadic prostate cancer.

Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment

Revised text to state that prostate cancer will affect an estimated one in eight American men during their lifetime (cited American Cancer Society as reference 3).

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