Sentences with phrase «distinguish aggressive prostate cancer»

Now researchers have recognized a similar set of genes that can distinguish aggressive prostate cancer.

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The researchers are now further investigating the possibility of using this approach on other cancers, including prostate cancer, where it could be used to distinguish more aggressive tumors from those that grow much more slowly, Bhatia says.

Since most men with prostate cancer have indolent (non-aggressive) disease for which conservative therapy or surveillance would be appropriate treatment, the clinical challenge is not only how to identify those with prostate cancer, but also how to distinguish those who would benefit from surgical or other aggressive treatment from those who would not.

In a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists say that a panel of 20 genes can distinguish the more common localized prostate cancer that grows slowly and rarely spreads from the more aggressive type that can spread quickly.

The findings also hint that in coming years, it may be possible to use the panel not just among men with advanced disease but to distinguish between men who develop the slower growing type of prostate cancer from the more aggressive type.