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Prostate cancer genetic region mapped

Researchers have mapped a mutation that causes prostate cancer and discovered that brain cancer patients have a higher-than-average incidence of that genetic defect.

References:

Gibbs, M. . . . G.P. Jarvik . . . and E.A. Ostrander. 1998. Evidence for a rare prostate cancer susceptibility locus at chromosome 1. Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. October. Denver.

Sources:

Gail P. Jarvik
University of Washington Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Medical Genetics
Box 357720
Seattle, WA 98195-7720

Elaine A. Ostrander
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Division of Clinical Research
D2-190
1100 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109-1024

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 20, November 14, 1998, p. 316. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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