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Genetic 'Signatures' Help Spot Deadly Cancers

Our genes contain information related to how cancer cells grow which researchers can use to address life-threatening cases.
A colored freeze-fracture scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of prostate cancer.
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For most patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, the course of action is clear. Some tumors require no immediate treatment. Others can be removed with surgery or radiation. And some require a more aggressive attack.

However, for an estimated 30 percent of patients—about 54,000

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