Predicting Prostate Cancer Progression as a Function of ETS-related Gene Status, Race, and Obesity in a Longitudinal Patient Cohort.

In a large, racially diverse military cohort from an equal access health-care setting, the ETS-related gene (ERG) status of the index tumor from prostatectomy specimens was a useful predictor of biochemical progression but only among Caucasian patients, and not among African Americans.