Researchers have discovered a method for determining which sarcoma patients will receive the greatest benefits from a potential new treatment. Sarcoma is a rare and complicated form of cancer that affects bones and muscles among other tissues. Sarcomas are a type of cancerous tumor that can devel
A new study led by Associate Professor Morten Scheibye-Knudsen discovered that inhibiting the plk1 gene could help treat the sickest sarcoma patients, whose cancer cells have high expression of the cep135 protein. This breakthrough may pave the way for a new, more effective treatment for sarcoma within the next 5-10 years.
Methods for identifying sarcoma patients’ prognoses are already available, as are different forms of treatment. But the new study has identified a new method.Sarcomas are cancer tumors found in i.a. the bones, muscles, or fatty tissue. There are two main types: bone sarcoma and soft tissue sarcoma . Sarcoma affects one percent of cancer patients. In Denmark, around 45 people are diagnosed with bone sarcoma each year and 220 with soft tissue sarcoma.
These patients experience symptoms of early aging such as grey hair, wrinkles, and loss of fatty tissue – and they have a high risk of developing cancer at an early age.
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