Prostate Cancer’s Worst Form Linked to Gene-Influencing Virus
By Rob Waters
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A virus has been linked to the most aggressive form of prostate cancer, potentially leading the way to identifying men with the deadliest tumors and pinpointing their treatment.
The discovery, reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involves the XMRV virus, discovered just three years ago, said Ila Singh, an associate professor of pathology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Forty-four percent of men with tumors graded 9 out of 10 for severity on a standard scale had evidence of XMRV, Singh’s study found.
It is found that there is a link between XMRV Virus and Prostate Cancer.XMRV has earlier been found to be related to leukemia and sarcomas in the animal forms. XMRV, a form responsible for cancers noted in animal forms, has not been as yet established as a cause in human being. As per scientists, it needs additional examination to find out. For more details on it, refer http://www.simplehealthguide.com/
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