Researchers find powerful predictor of bone cancer prognosis
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 15:49
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have discovered a powerful new tool that can help predict the prognosis for patients with bone cancer and help doctors more accurately determine how aggressively they need to treat specific patients. They found that the presence of a specific type of genetic mutation found in the tumours results in poorer outcomes for patients with osteosarcoma - the most common bone cancer in children and adolescents. The study is published in the current issue of Cancer Research.