[Hopespringpcsg] FW: [PPML] New biomarker predicts metastatic prostate cancers

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:
See below for link to an interesting article.
Thx.
Glen

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Subject: [PPML] New biomarker predicts metastatic prostate cancers

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171008192709.htm

"Summary:
Many prostate cancers, which generally are diagnosed in older men, are "indolent," slow-growing tumors that aren't destined to be fatal. But some tumors are prone to becoming aggressive and spreading beyond the prostate, making them difficult to treat and life-threatening. Currently, doctors have limited ability to predict which newly diagnosed tumors will progress slowly and which will probably undergo dangerous

In a new study, published online by *Clinical Cancer Research*, Dana-Farber scientists have found a genetic signature within prostate cancer cells that they say can predict which tumors are likely to metastasize."