GREENVILLE, N.C. (1/31/13) — Researchers at East Carolina University are studying better ways to detect and treat prostate cancer with help from grants from Triad Golfers Against Cancer.

Dr. Ted Bertrand, a scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Oncology at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU, received $40,000 for use in better identifying molecular pathways that are present in all cell types and active in many cancers. This research is designed to improve the detection of prostate cancers and treat them for therapeutic benefit.

Dr. Qun Lu, a professor of anatomy and cell biology at the Brody School of Medicine, is collaborating with Drs. Michael Woods, Hong Jin Kim and Carol Otey at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a study aimed at improving ways of detecting prostate cancer. The project, funded by a $50,000 grant, is designed to develop a urine-base test with likely application in other cancer types. The new test would be an alternative to "the punch," or the insertion of a probe into the prostate that is the current standard of care but can lead to a high number of cases of infection and other complications.

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