Study shows relationship between two mutated genes can dictate outcome of prostate cancer
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Of the 250,000 American men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, very few of themabout 1 percentwill develop lethal, metastatic disease. Finding a way to distinguish between this small cohort and the majority of patients who will develop an indolent, non-lethal form of prostate cancer is a key goal in prostate cancer research.