(UroToday.com) At the 2020 European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) Virtual Annual Meeting, the EAU Section of Urological Research (ESUR) lecture was provided by Dr. Karen Knudsen discussing when and how to provide genetic testing for prostate cancer. Dr. Knudsen pointed out that there is an extraordinary burden of prostate cancer in the US, ranked as #1 for males in estimated new cases and #2 in estimated cancer-related deaths. Germline testing is revolutionizing care, with 12-17% of metastatic patients having germline mutations and 5-7% of early-stage patients having germline mutations. As such, germline testing is impacting precision medicine and tailored screening approaches, which also has an impact on families for hereditary cancer risk.

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