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Genetic changes in familial prostate cancer by comparative genomic hybridization

✍ Scribed by Annika Rökman; Pasi A. Koivisto; Mika P. Matikainen; Tuula Kuukasjärvi; Marita Poutiainen; Heikki J. Helin; Ritva Karhu; Olli-P. Kallioniemi; Johanna Schleutker

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
142 KB
Volume
46
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-4137

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✦ Synopsis

Background:

Germline mutations in recessive cancer predisposition genes are uncovered by somatic genetic deletions during tumor development. analysis of genetic changes in tumor tissues from patients with an inherited predisposition may therefore highlight regions of the genome containing susceptibility or modifier genes. our aim was to characterize genetic changes in familial prostate cancer

Methods:

Twenty-one primary prostate cancers from 19 finnish prostate cancer families were analyzed for somatic genetic changes by comparative genomic hybridization (cgh).

Results:

The average number of genetic alterations per tumor was 4.0 +/- 1.9, distributed equally among losses and gains. the most common losses were found at chromosomal regions 13q14-q22 (29%), 8p12-pter (24%), and 6q13-q16 (14%), and the most common gains at 19p (25%), 19q (14%) and 7q (14%).

Conclusions:

These results suggest that prostate cancers in genetically predisposed individuals arise for the most part through similar somatic genetic progression pathways as sporadic prostate cancers. this also implies that the biological properties of tumors from the two groups may not be different from one another.

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