Scientists drill down to genetic root of prostate tumor development
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have revealed the root of prostate cancers in individual men, discovering that despite huge genetic variety between tumors they also share common gene faults -- insight that could offer new treatment hopes. They also revealed more detail about how prostate cancer spreads, showing that the group of cells that first spread from the prostate carry on traveling around the body, forming more secondary tumors.