Sensitive

Prostate cancer

near TOM1L2 · rs6502618

Where this position leads

Condition: Prostate Cancer

rs6502618 Condition: Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Condition rs6502618 rs6502618 near TOM1L2

What the study found

Who was studied 961 Taiwanese ancestry cases, 3,792 Taiwanese ancestry controls.

The effect Each copy of the G allele carried 2.23 times the odds of Prostate cancer (95% confidence interval 1.72-2.9); p = 1 × 10−9.

How common The G allele had a frequency of about 14% in the people studied.

Where it sits Chromosome 17, band 17p11.2 — between genes, 0.1 kb from TOM1L2.

What each result means

A/A No copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. This is the starting point the study compared everyone against.
A/G One copy of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is a smaller link than two copies.
G/G Two copies of the version the research linked to Prostate cancer. That is the strongest link of the three results. A link in a study is not a diagnosis.
Source

Questions about rs6502618

What is rs6502618?

rs6502618 is a single position in the genome, in or near the near TOM1L2 gene. Published research associates it with prostate cancer. A single variant does not decide an outcome — it shifts a probability, and for most common variants the shift is small.

What conditions is rs6502618 linked to?

On MyGeneLog this position is linked to Prostate Cancer. The research behind each link, and its sources, are set out on that condition page.

Does having rs6502618 mean I will get this?

No. Common variants like this one move a probability slightly and, on their own, rarely decide anything about one person. Nothing on this page is a diagnosis, and health decisions should be made with a clinician who can see your whole picture.

Where does the information about rs6502618 come from?

GWAS Catalog, Cancer medicine 2026, PMID:42415294. Every variant on MyGeneLog comes from public primary sources and is published with its citation and the date it was checked.

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