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The Institute of Cancer Research shared on LinkedIn:
“A new study from the Pan Prostate Cancer Group (PPCG) has uncovered 18 previously unknown bacterial species in DNA samples from people with prostate cancer.
The research was carried out by scientists at the University of East Anglia using data from the PPCG, an international collaboration co-founded and co-led by Professor Rosalind Eeles, Professor of Oncogenetics at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Honorary Consultant at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and Professor Colin Cooper at UEA.
By bringing together molecular data from more than 2,000 prostate cancers across nine countries, the PPCG is helping researchers investigate why the disease develops and behaves so differently between patients.
It is not yet known whether the bacteria contribute to prostate cancer, but the discovery gives researchers new tools to investigate their potential role.
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