New culprit in castration-resistant prostate cancer
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered a molecular switch that enables advanced prostate cancers to spread without stimulation by male hormones, which normally are needed to spur the cancer's growth. They say that identifying the previously unknown protein function could serve as a treatment target for prostate cancers that are no longer controlled by hormone-blocking drugs.