Researching Prostate Cancer
In the United States, prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer among men, second only to lung cancer in the number of deaths it causes. The likelihood of a man developing prostate cancer at some point in his life is high–about 16 percent. Each year, 200,000 American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and 27,000 die from it. Because so many prostate tumors are slow growing, however, survival rates are excellent when this form of cancer is detected early. Investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Peter Nelson Lab are working to uncover how prostate cancer...
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Bielas, Mostaghel secure three-year funding for prostate-cancer research
Dr. Nelson to lead Canary Foundation’s Prostate Consortium
Hutchinson Center researchers gaining ground in fight against prostate cancer
