Jamming Prostate Cancer's On & Off Switch

Jamming Prostate Cancer's On & Off Switch

Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is also one of the leading causes of cancer death among men of all races.

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Is There A Blueprint For Prostate Cancer?

Is There A Blueprint For Prostate Cancer?

Cancer researchers have applied a comprehensive set of analytical tools to lethal cases of metastatic prostate cancer, yielding a detailed map of the complex networks of interactions among genes and proteins that enable prostate cancer cells to proliferate and evade treatment.

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Combating High Risk Prostate Cancer

Combating High Risk Prostate Cancer

Men with very high-risk prostate cancer, who are treated at hospitals with a high proportion of administered radical local treatment (radiotherapy or prostatectomy), only have half of the mortality risk of men who are treated at hospitals with the lowest proportion.

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Is There an Antibody for Prostate Cancer?

Is There an Antibody for Prostate Cancer?

In the study published in the journal Oncotarget, 10 men with metastatic prostate cancer resistant to androgen deprivation therapy and the androgen receptor antagonist enzalutamide were treated with pembrolizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to the PD-1 receptor.

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