How Do Prostate Cancer Cells Resist Treatment? by Pooja Shete on December 12, 2020 at 11:44 PM
The study published in
Molecular Cancer Research was conducted by Researchers at University of Georgia.
The two genes identified are ACSL3 and ACSL4 help the cancer cells to grow. According to the research conducted by Houjian Cai, associate professor in the College of Pharmacy and his colleagues, the genes function in an interconnected way.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the US.
The primary therapy to treat prostate cancer is castration treatment that suppresses the male hormone which helps the cancer cells to grow. This treatment decreases the expression of ACSL3 gene.