Is a retrovirus (XMRV) risk factor for prostate cancer in Indian population

Presently, the known gamma-retroviruses, Xenotropic Murine Leukemia virus (MLV) - related Virus (XMRV) is imminent as a cancer causing infectious virus in prostate cancer. This study has been designed on retrovirus (XMRV) infection in Indian PCa patient and its co-relation with clinical pathological and demographic parameters of prostate cancer cases and Benign Prostate hyperplasia (BPH) as controls. A total of 235 prostate samples including 105 confirmed prostate cancer cases and 130 benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) as controls were analyzed for XMRV infection.