Preventing ‘identity theft’ in prostate cancer cells re-sensitizes them to therapy

Stopping prostate cancer cells from morphing into other cell types can overcome the resistance they develop to widely prescribed therapies, a study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The findings, published in Nature Cancer, could lead to a new approach to fight this deadly disease, the second-most common cancer in American men that kills nearly 35,000 annually in the U.S.
Stopping prostate cancer cells from morphing into other cell types can overcome the resistance they develop to widely prescribed therapies, a study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The findings, published in Nature Cancer, could lead to a new approach to fight this deadly disease, the second-most common cancer in American men that kills nearly 35,000 annually in the U.S.