Mayo Clinic researchers find oncogene is important in pancreatic cancer growth and spread
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 16:07
in Health & Medicine
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that PKC-iota (PKC?), an oncogene important in colon and lung cancers, is over-produced in pancreatic cancer and is linked to poor patient survival. They also found that genetically inhibiting PKC? in laboratory animals led to a significant decrease in pancreatic tumor growth and spread.