Considerations of germline testing in prostate cancer screening.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Prostate cancer screening remains controversial in the medical field. While screening men above 50 years can impose overdiagnosis and overtreatment, targeted screening of males with pathologic variants of genetic mutations is evolving and viewed as sensible. Identifying such patients requires genetic testing in males having family history of prostate cancer or certain ethnicity. Such strategies will likely occur as routine practice once favorable results of ongoing studies assessing genetic predisposition are released.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Polascik, TJ; Orabi, H
Published Date
- October 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 26 / 5 Suppl 2
Start / End Page
- 46 - 47
PubMed ID
- 31629431
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1195-9479
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Canada