Familial Prostate Cancer
Common Name(s)
Familial Prostate Cancer
Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Familial Prostate Cancer" for support, advocacy or research.
FORCE is a national nonprofit dedicated to fighting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. With 50 outreach groups throughout the U.S., and international affiliates, FORCE programs provide support, education, advocacy, awareness and research specific to hereditary cancers. Our programs serve anyone with a BRCA mutation or a family history of cancer. FORCE was founded on the principle that no one should have to face hereditary breast and ovarian cancer alone.
How do you compare to others with this condition?
Privately answer questions about your health. Let resources, you select, come to you.
Anonymously share and see how your answers compare with others with this condition while privately providing key pieces of information to medical researchers, disease advocacy groups, and others ONLY YOU select to help speed up cures and better alternatives.
Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Familial Prostate Cancer" for support, advocacy or research.
FORCE is a national nonprofit dedicated to fighting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. With 50 outreach groups throughout the U.S., and international affiliates, FORCE programs provide support, education, advocacy, awareness and research specific to hereditary cancers. Our programs serve anyone with a BRCA mutation or a family history of cancer. FORCE was founded on the principle that no one should have to face hereditary breast and ovarian cancer alone.
http://www.facingourrisk.orgRecommended Apps
Anonymously share and see how your answers compare with others with this condition while privately providing key pieces of information to medical researchers, disease advocacy groups, and others ONLY YOU select to help speed up cures and better alternatives.
Finding the right clinical trial for Familial Prostate Cancer can be challenging. However, with TrialsFinder (which uses the Reg4ALL database and privacy controls by Private Access), you can permit researchers to let you know opportunities to consider - all without revealing your identity.
Scientific Literature
Articles from the PubMed Database
Research articles describe the outcome of a single study. They are the published results of original research.
The terms "Familial Prostate Cancer" returned 56 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Oncotarget. 2015 Nov;6(37):39614-33.
Risk assessment for prostate cancer is challenging due to its genetic heterogeneity. In this study, our goal was to develop an operational framework to select and evaluate gene variants that may contribute to familial prostate cancer risk. Drawing on orthogonal sources, we developed ...
Journal: Cancer. 2015 Apr;121(8):1265-72.
Evidence suggests that the risk of breast and prostate cancer is increased among those with a family history of the same disease and particularly among first-degree relatives. However, less is known about the relationship between breast and prostate cancer within families and particularly ...
Journal: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2014 Sep;41(5):509-16.
To investigate how familial communication about prostate cancer (PCa) risk and screening affects sons of men with PCa.
To view other free, full-text articles on human participants, please click on the link below.
Reviews from the PubMed Database
Review articles summarize what is currently known about a disease. They discuss research previously published by others.
The terms "Familial Prostate Cancer" returned 3 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Int. J. Cancer. 2004 Apr;109(4):611-7.
Over the last decade, epidemiologic evidence has accumulated in favor of a significant but heterogeneous hereditary component in prostate cancer (PC) susceptibility. In order to map and clone PC susceptibility genes, stratification of PC families into genetically homogeneous groups ...
Journal: BJU Int.. 2003 Jun;91(9):789-94.
To identify published studies quantifying familial prostate cancer risks in relatives of prostate cancer cases and, by meta-analysis, obtain more precise estimates of familial risk according to the family history.
Journal: Cancer. 1996 Jan;77(1):138-43.
Although prostate carcinoma is not widely recognized as a familial cancer, familial aggregation of this disease has been shown in some retrospective case-control studies. To study familial prostate cancer in Sweden, a population-based cohort study was performed, that attempted to ...
To view other free, full-text review articles on human participants, please click on the link below.
Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
There are currently no related results available in GeneReviews.
Clinical Trial Information This information is provided by ClinicalTrials.gov
Condition Summary: Breast Neoplasms; Ovarian Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Leukemia; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Condition Summary: Pancreatic Cancer; Thyroid Cancer; Lung Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Thymus Cancer; Colon Cancer; Rectal Cancer; GIST; Anal Cancer; Bile Duct Cancer; Duodenal Cancer; Gallbladder Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Liver Cancer; Small Intestine Cancer; Peritoneal Surface Malignancies; Familial Adenomatous Polyposis; Lynch Syndrome; Bladder Cancer; Kidney Cancer; Penile Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Testicular Cancer; Ureter Cancer; Urethral Cancer; Hypopharyngeal Cancer; Laryngeal Cancer; Lip Cancer; Oral Cavity Cancer; Nasopharyngeal Cancer; Oropharyngeal Cancer; Paranasal Sinus Cancer; Nasal Cavity Cancer; Salivary Gland Cancer; Skin Cancer; CNS Tumor; CNS Cancer; Mesothelioma; Breastcancer; Leukemia; Melanoma; Sarcoma; Unknown Primary Tumor; Multiple Myeloma; Ovarian Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Vaginal Cancer
Finding the right clinical trial for Familial Prostate Cancer can be challenging. However, with TrialsFinder (which uses the Reg4ALL database and privacy controls by Private Access), you can permit researchers to let you know opportunities to consider - all without revealing your identity.