For many men in northwest Ohio and across the country, a prostate cancer diagnosis sparks one question: Will it spread?

Those who undergo successful treatment and are labeled cancer-free also face another question: Will it wake up again?

About 1 in 44 men lose their lives to prostate cancer. The danger comes when prostate cancer travels beyond the prostate and spreads to the bone, liver, and, more rarely, the lungs. After treatment, dormant cancer cells can stay hidden for years, like campers quietly waiting in the woods. Then, without warning, they can wake up, start growing again, become less responsive to treatment, and cause patients to suffer.

Research at the University of Toledo suggests a way to keep these cancer cells asleep.

Using a prostate cancer model, we know that prostate

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