New clues to what turns prostate cancers deadly
Only a fraction of prostate cancers become life threatening, but it’s impossible to predict which ones. In a surprising new study, researchers found that two signaling proteins used by nerve cells...
Tag: gastrointestinal stromal tumor
How to retarget cancers that have evaded targeted therapy
Targeted therapy drugs transformed the outlook for people with the rare cancers known as gastrointestinal stromal tumors, enabling some to survive a decade or longer. A fraction of GIST patients,...
Improving survival for patients with GIST
Average life expectancy had been no better than 18 months for people diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors, or GISTs. The outlook changed dramatically in 2001 with the arrival...