Prostate tumors that contain more of a specific type of cell are more likely to be life-threatening, a new study has found. The research could lead to a test to differentiate between aggressive and harmless forms of the disease.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting males in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, around 1 in 9 men will receive a diagnosis of the disease in their lifetime.
However, only 1 in 41 of those diagnosed will die as a result of it. In many cases, doctors cannot determine the severity of a person’s cancer. Every year, this uncertainty affects around 250,000 males newly diagnosed with the disease in Europe and North America. Doctors and individuals with the disease face a