date:Mar 12, 2013
other parts of the body, are typically treated with androgen-deprivation therapy, which suppresses the body's production of male sex hormones such as testosterone. This is because prostate cancer typically uses these hormones as an energy source, and will die if deprived of them. Unfortunately, in some cases the cancer appears to be highly resistant to this treatment.
In a prior study, the same team of researchers found that inside the nucleus of prostate cancer cells, a protein called filamin