Genetics, epigenetics, and the evolution of prostate cancer

If you are one of our readers who is really “into” the underlying causes of and development of prostate cancer, then you probably want to see if you can read a newly published article in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. … READ MORE …

The evolution of nuclear imaging in the management of prostate cancer

What is properly known as “nuclear imaging” is the use of (usually injectable) radioactive compounds into the body that have no known clinical effects but which can be targeted to “light up” and demonstrate the presence of specific types of tissue. … READ MORE …

The biological evolution and metastasis of prostate cancer

A new research letter in the journal Nature has addressed issues related to the ways in which prostate cancer evolves over time from an initial, small, localized tumor to widespread, metastatic disease. … READ MORE …

AUA report and update no. 7: April 28, 2009

In an insightful plenary presentation this morning, Dr. Larry Norton offered an explanation of cancer evolution in the individual patient based on the principles of Darwinian evolution and “natural selection .” … READ MORE …

The Darwinian evolution of cancers

In a fascinating study by scientists from The Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton and the University of California, Yeang et al.  are reporting that a molecular, Darwinian, “survival of the fittest” scenario appears to play out as gene mutations seek to survive through cancerous tumors. … READ MORE …