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Discovery Offers New Insights to Understand and Treat Prostate Cancer

By May 21, 2025No Comments

A pioneering approach is offering researchers new insights into why some prostate cancers are more aggressive and difficult to treat.

In a new application to prostate cancer research, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientists have used a sequencing technique – called plasma cell-free chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (cfChIP-seq) – on blood samples from patients with advanced disease, revealing biological factors that may drive disease progression.