Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) Articles

Although men of African ancestry (AA) have the highest mortality rate from prostate cancer (PCa), relatively little is known about the germline variants that are associated with PCa risk in AA men. The goal of this study is to systematically evaluate rare, recurrent nonsynonymous variants across the exome for their association with PCa in AA men.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA (UroToday.com) - Presented by Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Jaegil Kim, Andrew Cherniack, Carrie Sougnez, Matthew Meyerson, Gad Getz, John N. Weinstein, Seth P. Lerner, David J. Kwiatkowski, and The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network Bladder Cancer Project at the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium - January 30 - February 1, 2014 - San Francisco Marriott Marquis - San Francisco, California USA

SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA (UroToday.com) - Identification of new therapeutic targets in patients with metastatic bladder cancer is badly needed.