Can categorize prostate cancer

British scientists have just had a turning point in prostate cancer research. Accordingly, the most common type of cancer in men is divided into 5 categories, depending on the DNA.

New discovery of prostate cancer

This finding may help doctors diagnose the type of cancer patients suffer, the severity and appropriate treatment.

A cell of prostate cancer - (Photo: Reuters)

Prostate cancer is quite common, it kills 11,000 people every year. Some cancers develop slowly, have no symptoms and eventually die for other causes. But there are also very dangerous and fast-moving types.

Usually, patients will have to undergo painful treatments to determine the type of cancer they have. It may cause side effects such as incontinence or impotence.

By carefully looking at DNA from tissue samples of 250 men, scientists divided the disease into five main categories. These genetic analyzes determine the severity of cancer more accurately than existing methods.

'The challenge in treating prostate cancer is that we do not know if it will progress quickly or slowly and there is no method to distinguish the severity of the disease. But this study is a turning point in finding a more effective treatment , 'said Professor Malcolm Mason, a prostate cancer specialist.