This Cell Is The Source Of Most Cases Of Invasive Bladder Cancer

Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 19:10 in Health & Medicine

A new study conducted in mice has implicated a single type of cell, in the lining of the bladder, as responsible for most cases of invasive bladder cancer. The study is the first to pinpoint the normal cell type that can give rise to invasive bladder cancers and the first to show that most bladder cancers and their associated precancerous lesions arise from just one cell, which would also explain why many human bladder cancers recur after therapy. read more

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