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Prostate Cancer Patients With Germline Variants Were Often Not Covered by Testing Guidelines

Feb 07, 2019
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Nearly 20 percent of men with prostate cancer harbor a germline variant that places them at increased risk of developing the disease, according to a new study, but a third of them were not eligible for genetic testing according to guidelines in place at the time.

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