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>> eric: back now with "sunday house call," hear about the medical break through, a big one? a simple test, will soon check if men with a history of prostate cancer, family history if they have a fault you jooern -- faulty gene that could lead to the risk. >> the big study was published in the "new england journal of medicine" and they are looking at a specific type of families with prostate cancer, called familial prostate cancer and genetics plays a big role and they look at 200 genes on a chromosome and found a mutation that is occurring and when you have that, you have a higher risk of get...

Someone that comes in when they are in their early 30s or 45, or so forth, this genetic test would alert me to make sure i keep an eye on him and if i find the cancer to treat him faster. it is a big thing coming out of john hopkins and the university of michigan and i think opens a lot of doors for people with prostate cancer, because now we are breaking the codes and getting into the genetic testings and going beyond the simple test of psa which is not that specific and is another tool we can use in our practice. >> eric: now go to the doctor and say i want the psa and besides the psa, a gen...