Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genomic test that can predict whether men are at risk for an aggressive form of prostate cancer, thereby improving the risk assessment when the patients are first diagnosed and also helps in determining which patients are suitable for active surveillance. Prostate cancer often grows slowly, and many of the quarter-million patients diagnosed annually in the United States never need treatment, which typically ...Sunday, 12 May 2013
New Test for Prostate Cancer Helps Identify Men Who may Carry Aggressive Form of Disease
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genomic test that can predict whether men are at risk for an aggressive form of prostate cancer, thereby improving the risk assessment when the patients are first diagnosed and also helps in determining which patients are suitable for active surveillance. Prostate cancer often grows slowly, and many of the quarter-million patients diagnosed annually in the United States never need treatment, which typically ...
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