New Gene Combination May Cause Deadly Prostate Cancer
August 6th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate relatedScientists at The Institute of Cancer Research have found that the partnering of two genes could be responsible for up to 600 British men developing a drug resistant and potentially deadly form of prostate cancer each year.
The international study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, also outlines the discovery of a new prostate cancer gene, ACSL3.
Lead scientist Professor Colin Cooper, from The Institute of Cancer Research’s Everyman Centre, said the new study provided an important insight into how a type of prostate cancer, resistant to drug therapy, may develop.