Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sitemaster
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 …
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Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sitemaster
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 …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: evolution, imaging, nuclear, PSMA | 9 Comments »
Posted on April 2, 2015 by Sitemaster
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 …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer | Tagged: biology, evolution, genetics, metastasis | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 28, 2009 by Sitemaster
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 …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer | Tagged: cancer, Darwin, evolution, metastasis | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 11, 2008 by Sitemaster
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 …
Filed under: Drugs in development | Tagged: cancer, Darwin, evolution, fittest, mutation, news, prostate, survival, update | Leave a comment »