Retrovirus Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Monday, September 7, 2009 - 14:28 in Health & Medicine

The cause of prostate cancer, which infects one in six U.S. men in their lifetimes, has long eluded researchers. A new study presents a convincing argument that prostate cancer, like some other cancers, including cervical cancer, lymphoma and sarcomas, might be linked to a virus. [More]

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