Competence against insufficiency: Why are men mostly safe from a rare and deadly prostate cancer?

Prostate cancer is a slow-growing disease, but not always. A highly rare and lethal form of the disease shows survival rates of less than a year. It is called squamous cell prostate carcinoma. In this issue of JEM, Hermanova et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20191787) provide new findings in mouse...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of experimental medicine 2020-06, Vol.217 (6)
Hauptverfasser: Mathew, Grinu, Trotman, Lloyd C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Prostate cancer is a slow-growing disease, but not always. A highly rare and lethal form of the disease shows survival rates of less than a year. It is called squamous cell prostate carcinoma. In this issue of JEM, Hermanova et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20191787) provide new findings in mouse demonstrating a strong genetic handle on both the reasons behind the rarity and the aggressiveness.
ISSN:0022-1007
1540-9538
DOI:10.1084/jem.20200087