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19-07-2011, 03:12 PM
I don't know the validity of this article, saw it posted first on SBC but want to put it here for discussion and/or just information.
A breakthrough in liver cancer research by Chinese University scientists has raised hopes for a treatment for the disease in the near future.
It was previously thought that men were more prone to liver cancer than women because they drank and smoked more. But a three-year study by researchers from the University's Institute of Digestive Disease now shows that a male sex hormone, androgen, is the reason behind the prevalence of the cancer in men.
The study also discovered that an enzyme called CCRK - which is controlled by androgen - is responsible for tumor growth in the liver.
Source: rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110719/news_20110719_56_770927.htm#
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A breakthrough in liver cancer research by Chinese University scientists has raised hopes for a treatment for the disease in the near future.
It was previously thought that men were more prone to liver cancer than women because they drank and smoked more. But a three-year study by researchers from the University's Institute of Digestive Disease now shows that a male sex hormone, androgen, is the reason behind the prevalence of the cancer in men.
The study also discovered that an enzyme called CCRK - which is controlled by androgen - is responsible for tumor growth in the liver.
Source: rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110719/news_20110719_56_770927.htm#
Listen (Windows Media Player will open)
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/video/asx/mfile_770927_4.asx