European Urology
Blood proteins linked to future prostate cancer risk
An observational study linked 12 blood proteins to prostate cancer diagnosed more than 15 years after blood collection.An observational study linked 12 blood proteins to prostate cancer diagnosed more than 15 years after blood collection.
Cohort studyProstate cancer
Who was studiedEPIC participants with baseline plasma samples
What changedHigher blood KLK3 levels were linked to higher prostate cancer risk (hazard ratio 2.28 per standard deviation increase)
The catchNot all protein associations were replicated in another cohort