Prostate Cancer Hijacks Tumor Cells’ Circadian Rhythm To Evade Hormone Therapy
Microscopic image of prostate cancer that has spread to a patient’s lymph node. Credit: Netherlands Cancer InstituteTherapy sensitivity in prostate cancer halted by protein regulating circadian rhythm.Hormone treatment is successful at controlling metastatic prostate cancer, but the tumor cells eventually develop resistance to it. An unexpected potential solution has now emerged in medicines that are not designed to fight cancer, but rather to target proteins that regulate a cell’s circadian rhythm.An international team…