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November 19, 2013
New Prostate Cancer Test Promising
[From article]
Lead scientist Dr Hayley Whitaker, from Cambridge University, said: ‘This is early research, but if clinical trials confirm our results then it could help clinicians to tell which patients have a more aggressive tumour and need proportionally aggressive treatment, while sparing patients with low grade tumours unnecessary radiotherapy or surgery.
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The study, conducted in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, is published in the journal Oncogene.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2509452/Major-prostate-cancer-breakthrough-thanks-simple-test-shows-man-aggressive-form-disease.html
Major prostate cancer breakthrough thanks to simple test which shows if a man has the aggressive form of the disease
There are higher levels of the protein NAALADL2 in aggressive tumours
Finding means doctors can identify those tumours that are likely to pose a deadly threat and which need to be tackled with intensive treatment
Currently the aggressiveness of a tumour can only be loosely identified meaning some patients have debilitating treatment that is not necessary
By EMMA INNES
PUBLISHED: 12:23 EST, 18 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:25 EST, 18 November 2013
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