Anti-androgen therapy can fuel spread of bone tumours in advanced prostate cancer

(Queensland University of Technology) Anti-androgen therapy is commonly used to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer at stages where the disease has spread to the bones. However, new research has found that anti-androgen treatment can actually facilitate prostate cancer cells to adapt and grow in the bone tumour microenvironment model, which has been developed by QUT biomedical scientists led by Dr Nathalie Bock.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news