Tumor samples of 10 men
with prostate cancer were analyzed and used to make a map genetic happenings
within the prostate cancer. Through this
research, it was found that the primary group of cells that spread from the
prostate continue to travel through the body and develop new tumors. It was also found that the primary travelling
cells shared a common ancestor cell in the prostate. Although cells that were taken from different
parts of the prostate were genetically different from one another, the cancer
cells moving away from the prostate shared genetic faults. This research is still in its infancy but in
time, researchers may discover more weaknesses in prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is one
of the most common cancers found in men.
I found this article to be very interesting in how it not only studied a
prostate cancer but also how it studied prostate cancer when it
metastasized. It was interesting to
understand the importance of how a moving cancer cell still shared common genes
with the cancer cells it branched off of.
This is a promising study and it definitely opens a lot of potential
treatments for cancer.
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