University of Southern California Researchers Find Genetic Links to Prostate Cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified several genetic risk factors for prostate cancer, shedding new light on the cause of a leading worldwide cancer killer among men that hits U.S. blacks especially hard. The importance of it is that this is the first real evidence of the genetic basis of prostate cancer," said Dr. Brian Henderson, dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and one of the researchers of the study released on Sunday.