A better way to grow prostate cancer cells in the lab

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Sitemaster

In a very interesting research development, a group at Georgetown University here in the US has finally found a way to be able to extract and grow the normal and cancerous prostate cells from individual patients in the laboratory and then implant them into mice. … READ MORE …

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Intraoperative, tumor-specific fluorescence imaging — will it work in prostate cancer?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Sitemaster

A report just published on line in Nature Medicine describes the first use of intraoperative, tumor-specific fluorescence imaging to highlight the precise position of small groups of cancer cells in women with ovarian cancer, thereby allowing the surgeon to carefully excise such small groups of cells. … READ MORE …

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Can Siah2 predict aggressive neuroendocrine prostate cancer?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Sitemaster

It has been known for years that some types of prostate cancer are more aggressive than others, and that among those more aggressive types are prostate cancer tumors that include so-called “neuroendocrine” cell types. … READ MORE …

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