Scientists discover 12 genes cause testicular cancer
Researchers had found 12 genetic regions associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer in men in the two studies . One study found four gene regions while other studies found eight gene regions . Overall there are currently 17 genetic regions associated with testicular cancer .
Testicular cancer is one common type of cancer found in men . This research can help researchers to understand more about the high risk held by men .
Not only that , using the results of this research , scientists can perform early detection of men to see their risk of testicular cancer and help patients to prevent it , as reported by U.S. News ( 13 / 05 ) .
Researchers led by Peter Kanetsky , professor of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine found four genetic regions after analyzing the genomes of more than 13,000 men . Of all the genes found in this study there was no associated with other types of cancer .
Testicular cancer has a very high probability to be lowered . Men who have a father or grandfather that testicular cancer is likely four to six times higher testicular cancer . Risk increases even up to 10 times if the man had a brother who had testicular cancer .
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