#199 Prostate Cancer Genetics with Heather Cheng

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In this episode we are educating you about prostate cancer as we are on the cusp of prostate cancer awareness month starting next week. Joining us for this discussion is Dr. Heather Cheng, Director of the Prostate Cancer Genetics Clinic at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Associate Professor in the Clinical Research Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She focuses on improving the care of patients with prostate and bladder cancers. An expert in prostate cancer genetics, she is studying ways to use genetics to guide the care of prostate cancer patients and their family members who may also be at high risk for the disease.

On This Episode We Discuss:

The prevalence of prostate cancer

Signs of hereditary prostate cancer in family history

Prostate Cancer Registry of Outcomes and Germline Mutations (PROMISE)

The goals of PROMISE

Who is eligible to enroll in PROMISE and what is required

The most common genes that are identified as having a pathogenic variant

Current treatments available for people with prostate cancer

The lifetime risk of prostate cancer

To learn more about the PROMISE study, visit the study website and check out this

article!

You can keep up with our guest, Heather Cheng on Twitter, and LinkedIn, and stay up to date with the latest developments in prostate cancer research by following the Prostate Cancer Foundation on Twitter and ​​LinkedIn, and Instagram.

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