Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at Louisiana State University have developed a method for identifying aggressive prostate cancers that require immediate therapy. It relies on understanding the genetic interaction between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The goal is to better predict a prostate cancer's aggressiveness to avoid unnecessary radical treatment. Their study was recently published in the online journal PLOS ONE. According to the authors, prostate cancer accounts for 20 percent of all cancers and 9 percent of cancer deaths...
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