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Prostate and colon cancer causes linked
Posted Jul 9th 2007 1:27PM by Brian White
Filed under: Prostate Cancer, Colon and Rectal Cancer
Newly concluded scientific research has uncovered that a DNA change recently connected to prostate cancer also can signify an increased in the risk for colon cancer.
The variant gene (rs6983267) increases the chance of a colorectal malignancy by about 20 percent, according to scientists. Oddly though,
about half of all the global populations studied carry the gene variancy. That is one prevalent genetic mutation, yes?
About 7,500 colon cancer patients were studied against 7,800 control subjects, and researchers again honed in on a specific gene that had already been identified as causing an increased risk of prostate cancer. Preliminary thinking concludes that one genetic variance may be responsible for increasing specific cancer risks -- but who's to say there are not more specific cancers whose likelihood id not controlled by this gene as well?
Tags: colon cancer, ColonCancer, prostate cancer, ProstateCancer
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