methods for determining prostate cancer susceptibility in a human individual, identifying a marker for use in prostate cancer susceptibility assessment, and for genotyping a nucleic acid sample obtained from a human individual at risk of, or diagnosed with, cancer to assess a human individual for likelihood of response to a therapeutic agent to prevent and / or ameliorate symptoms associated with prostate cancer, to predict prognosis of an individual diagnosed with cancer, and to monitor progress in treatment of an individual undergoing treatment. for prostate cancer, kit for assessing susceptibility to prostate cancer in a human individual, use of a computer readable oligonucleotide probe, and apparatus for determining a genetic indicator for prostate cancer in a human individual.

摘要

The present invention is characterised by certain genetic variants being susceptibility variants for prostate cancer. The invention relates to methods of determining increased susceptibility to prostate cancer, as well as methods of determining decreased susceptibility to prostate cancer, using such variants. The invention further relates to apparatus for determining a genetic indicator for prostate cancer in a human individual, and the use of an oligonucleotide probe in the manufacture of a reagent for diagnosing and/or assessing susceptibility to prostate cancer in a human individual.