Is prostate cancer linked to genetics?
Scientists are closer to identifying the genes linked to prostate cancer in men. Iceland scientists from deCode genetics published in Nature Genetics a common genetic marker that is associated with a 60 percent heightened risk of prostate cancer in men who carry it, and it may help explain why black men are unusually prone to the disease. Among whites, the genetic marker appeared in about 19 percent of patients and 13 percent of the other participants. Among blacks, both numbers were about twice as high.
