Second Prostate Cancer Gene Found

Wednesday, January 23rd 2002

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An international study has identified a gene mutation found in men at high risk of prostate cancer.

Although the mutation was discovered in only a small number of cases, researchers suspect that it may play a role in the early stages of the disease. They also say that although this gene mutation doesn't answer all of the questions about prostate cancer, it provides another piece of the puzzle about how the disease develops.

It is the second time in a year that researchers have connected a gene mutation to prostate cancer.

An expert familiar with the findings, which appear in the February issue of the journal Nature Genetics, says the discovery could someday give doctors the tools to screen for men at increased risk of the disease, and may point to new avenues in drug development.

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