A research team at MedUni Vienna developed a method which utilizes multi-omics and machine learning to identify prostate cancer patients for whom surgical treatment is the best option, potentially avoiding unnecessary surgery in patients with a lower risk of tumor spread.
Credit: Jonah Elkowitz/ShutterstockThat President Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer is certainly unfortunate news, but it should come as no surprise. One in eight men in the U.S. will be told they have prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime: more than 300,000 new diagnoses occur annually, and the absolute numbers are rising.
