Pregnancy-related proteins in tumors linked to worse survival in female lung cancer patients

Lung cancer can co-opt genes that normally help a fetus develop and evade the mother’s immune system. And while these pregnancy-specific glycoproteins (PSGs) can get activated in the cancers of both men and women, female patients had poorer outcomes, a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) research team has found.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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