Men's prostate cancer may come from mom

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Can men inherit risk for a uniquely maledisease from their moms?

New research raises that odd possibility. Emory Universityscientists think they have found a gene that predisposes men toprostate cancer in parts of a cell that come exclusively frommothers, who obviously don't have prostates.

Dr. Cornelia Polyak, a scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institutein Boston, said the findings need to be verified.

But if true, "it would be very exciting" and could help biologistsfigure out how to treat prostate cancer. AP