Screening for prostate cancer has seen huge advances, with scientists recently identifying 23 new genetic variants associated with risk of the disease. These discoveries have made them able to explain up to a third of the inherited risk when combined with previous studies, which had identified about 77 common genetic variants. With the new discovery, that number goes up to 100. Altogether, doctors will now be able to spot one percent of men who are up to six times more prone to developing prostate cancer than the average population.
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