Nobody was cured of their very late-stage cancer.
The study found that younger adults were more likely than older adults to be diagnosed with late-stage cancers, which are harder to treat.
A decrease in the number of late-stage cancers found.
But the new insights into telomerase also suggest a way of blocking late-stage cancer.
The trial involved 127 men with late-stage cancer that was no longer controllable with hormone therapy.
Ms. Dunn's case was complicated by the fact that she is suffering from late-stage ovarian cancer.
However, the coroner's interview with the doctor reveals that Rebecca was mistaken in believing herself pregnant; instead she had a late-stage cancer.
"When a person comes into the hospital with late-stage cancer, it's often too late for doctors to do much," Dr. Freeman said.
But CA-125 is best at detecting a recurrence of cancer or a late-stage cancer, not a disease in the early stages.
With some late-stage cancers there aren't a lot of options, but with most early stage cancers there are.