Prostate News Archive
11-Feb-2011
First Look at Prostate Cancer Genome Yields Insights
Title: First Look at prostate Cancer Genome Yields Insights Category: Health News Created: 2/9/2011 6:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 2/10/2011 Prostate Cancer Genome Map Shows Genes Tied to Seven Tumor Types
A complete genetic map of prostate cancer has been charted for the first time by scientists, an achievement that may expand understanding of the disease and lead to new treatments. Prostate cancer 'gene test' hope
Experts believe they can develop a genetic screening test that can tell doctors which men with prostate cancer need aggressive treatment. Researchers sequence the genome of prostate cancer, a step toward identifying aggressive tumors
Boston researchers have sequenced the genomes of prostate tumors from seven men, a "landmark event" that promises eventually to help clinicians learn how to differentiate between those tumors that will be highly aggressive and require immediate treatment and those that are essentially benign and that can be simply observed.
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