ICARE Social Media Post November 2025

HOXB13 and Prostate Cancer

In a recently published study based on the VA’s Million Veteran Program, men with the HOXB13 p.G84E variant had:

  • Higher risk of prostate cancer
  • Slightly earlier age at diagnosis
  • Did not tend to develop more aggressive disease

Learn more at: https://jnccn.org/view/journals/jnccn/23/10/article-e257055.xml

Reference: Crawford et al. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2025;23(10):e257055. PMID: 40953603.

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