Forces for cancer spread: Genomic instability and evolutionary selection
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 08:31
in Health & Medicine
New research into pancreatic cancer shows that, not only is cancer genetically different between different patients, but each new focus of cancer spread within a patient has its own distinct mutations. The researchers suggest that doctors treating patients with the disease may be treating tens of genetically distinct tumors and that identifying the mutations common to many early-stage pancreatic cancers may be key to the discovery of new drug targets.
