Genetic Marker For Aggressive Prostate Cancer

hairygenes writes "Northwestern University researchers have found a genetic marker associated with aggressive forms of prostate cancer. Previously characterized mutations in markers at 8q24 are associated with a broader population than previously reported and with much more aggressive tumors. deCODE genetics, who originally characterized these mutations, noted a 60% increase in risk of prostate cancer, but this study finds more concrete linkage to inheritance and disease severity."

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Re:Info's only good if you can do something about

[syousef]

And hey I'm sick of asshole doctors with a bigger gut than me literally telling me and I quote "You look pregant". Or the 3 different doctors that fucking didn't check the contraindications on the medication they were giving and almost fritzed my fiancee's brain. She went to them having the occassional petite mal seizure, and came away on meds that cause suicidal tendancies if you come off too quickly and that were giving her 2 grand mal seizures a day at the end. Or doctors that don't know a dislocated shoulder when they see one. Or my current gem - a doctor that won't believe me about the pain I'm suffering right at the moment (even though it's a pre-existing thing from my childhood and i have no reason to lie). But hey maybe I just like spending $400 and taking days off, or the joy of being MRI'd.

So you know what, I don't give a shit if you are a doctor or a nurse or someone you know is one. The medical profession is a fucking horses ass. I'm sure there are good doctors out there, but that's despite the motherfucker of a system.

You know fucking nothing about me or the reasons I'm angry at the medical profession, so back the fuck off.

Re:That's dumb

[syousef]

You know nothing about what I have or haven't experienced of the medical profession. You're free and liberal with those insults, despite not even knowing what country I'm from, what the setup is here, or what treatment I've seen given by doctors. If you care, you can go look at my other replies or you can go fuck yourself. Either way I don't care. But hey when you're spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to get treated DESPITE having medical insurance and you still can't get decent care, lets see how you fucking feel about it all. Wanker.