article_snippet.sent: the disease claims almost 11,000 lives a year in the UK, with most deaths occurring after the disease spreads around the body.
article_snippet.sent: The latest study gets to the root of this spread, and could mean better outcomes for the 42,000 men a year diagnosed with the illness.
article_snippet.sent: doctors could then be given drugs to wipe doctors out, with each patient’s treatment tailored to the genetic flaw at the root of doctors cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Cambridge University researcher Professor David Neal said some suitable drugs already exist, and that new ones are being developed all the time.
article_snippet.sent: However, Cambridge University researcher Professor David Neal cautioned that it will be three to five years before the latest knowledge can be routinely put to use in the NHS.
article_snippet.sent: ‘The common faults We found in each man could potentially offer new targets for treatment.
highlights_snippet.sent: Have exposed an Achilles' heel that could lead to better survival chances .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Could mean that men get individualised treatments within a few years .