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A genetic test that could determine men at the highest risk of developing aggressive disease could change how prostate cancer is treated, he says, since doctors would be able to more accurately predict which men would need more rigorous follow-up and which men likely wonât have to worry about their prostate that much.
The prostate cancer panel, known as Oncotype Dx Genomic Prostate Score, is now available following release of the study results. Dr. Peter Carroll, director of the department of urology at the University of California, San Francisco, led the independent trial that validated the new test.