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Polygenic risk score predicts Gleason upgrading during active surveillance

By Lynda Williams, medwireNews Reporter

medwireNews: A polygenic risk score may help to identify patients undergoing active surveillance for clinically localised prostate cancer who are at particular risk of an increase in their Gleason grade, US research shows.

This independent news story was supported by an educational grant from L’Institut Servier, Suresnes, France.

Read the full story on the L’Institut Servier website

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