What Makes Women's Cancers Deadly

Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are likely to be aggressive. A team from the University of Texas, in the US, found cancer cells that overexpressed a particular protein were more likely to be fatal. Low levels of the protein in ovarian cancer was linked with an 80% chance of surviving for five years compared to a 50% chance with high levels. The findings, based on a study of 100 women, appear in Nature Medicine.