Jianfeng Xu, MD, DrPH, discusses the role of genetic testing in prostate cancer risk identification. Dr. Xu discusses who is at elevated risk for prostate cancer, the relationship among three inherited risk factors (family history [FH], monogenic rare pathogenic mutations [RPMs], and polygenic genetic risk score [GRS]), the idea that monogenic and polygenic may be tested at the same time, key challenges for germline testing, and the improvement of current guidelines for prostate cancer early detection.
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