Prostate cancer: a major breakthrough after the discovery of a bacterium

Only downside: these results must be handled with care. For now, the study does not prove that bacteria cause prostate cancer, or even that they make it worse. But if the work in progress confirms their role, researchers will be able to develop tests. The objective is to identify the men most at risk, in order to find antibiotics to prevent cancer from claiming thousands of victims each year: “This is an exciting discovery that might truly revolutionize the treatment of men”Dr Hayley Luxton of Prostate Cancer UK, which co-funded the research, told the British newspaper.