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Genetic failure causes more prostate cancer: Study

Alfonsus Adi Putra
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Sep 17, 2019
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While keeping a balanced diet and healthy life is the key to prevent terminal diseases, your gene might prove to be the ultimate factor after all. In other words, the probability of you getting a terminal disease such as cancer is much higher due to genetic failure than your unhealthy lifestyle.

The study, supported by the Institute of Cancer Research in London and Cancer Research UK, involved 902 BRCA2 carriers and 497 BRCA2 non-carriers. These people underwent PSA tests for three years, and should the reading showed an elevated number, they were offered biopsy reading to determine whether they had cancer or not.

The result was that for BRCA2 carriers, it is twice the chance that they would inherit cancer. Moreover, the tumor’s aggressiveness was recorded as much as 70% than the non-carriers at 40%. Instead of the average age of 64, the BRCA2 carriers were diagnosed much faster at the average age of 61.

Called BRCA2, the gene is responsible for ovarian and breast cancer for women, while it causes prostate cancer for men. The new study pointed out that men inherited the gene had a higher risk of suffering from prostate cancer and the tumor would be more aggressive than those who did not inherit it.

The test also invalidated the previous study that said prostate-specific antigen (PSA) cannot be trusted when it comes to prostate cancer screening. PSA can be used to test a more acute form of prostate cancer; hence, men with BRCA2 disease may get an initial warning and may be treated earlier.

Source: https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/national/2953896/genetic-fault-doubles-risk-of-prostate-cancer-says-new-study/

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