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ReviewNature reviews. Urology2026

Clinical translation of polygenic scores for prostate cancer screening.

Dmitry Ratner, Jason L Vassy

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Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dmitry RatnerVeterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
Jason L VassyVeterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA. jvassy@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-5564

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in using polygenic scores (PGS) to improve the risk stratification for and early detection of prostate cancer is considerable. Despite the absence of clinical guidelines for the use of prostate cancer PGS in patient care, existing and emerging standards for the clinical translation and reporting of genetic testing generally and PGS specifically provide a relevant framework to help guide these efforts. This framework is intended to harmonize advances in the development of PGS clinical assays and standardization of PGS reporting in the context of prostate cancer PGS specifically. The analytical and clinical validity of prostate cancer PGS have been progressively refined, but evidence firmly establishing clinical utility beyond modelling studies is still lacking. Standardized approaches for designing, explaining and reporting prostate cancer PGS are key to accelerating clinical implementation in a manner that would increase access to the benefits of precision prostate cancer screening to patients across ancestry backgrounds.

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Early Detection of CancerGenetic TestingMultifactorial InheritanceProstatic NeoplasmsTranslational Research, BiomedicalHumansMaleRisk Assessment

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