Loss of tumor supressor gene essential to transforming benign nerve tumors into cancers
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center showed for the first time that the loss or decreased expression of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN plays a central role in the malignant transformation of benign nerve tumors called neurofibromas into a malignant and extremely deadly form of sarcoma.