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Genetics of Prostate Cancer (PDQ®)

  • Last Modified: 02/03/2012

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Changes to This Summary (02/03/2012)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Introduction

Updated statistics with estimated new prostate cancer cases and deaths for 2012 (cited American Cancer Society as reference 1).

Updated statistics with age-specific probabilities of being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012.

Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Loci

Added HOXB13 as a new subsection.

Revised Table 3 to include text about HOXB13.