Recent Prostate Cancer
Family History of Prostate Cancer Has No Impact On The Treatment Outcomes
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 442 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the therapy outcomes of patients with prostate cancer treated with brachytherapy (also called seed implants), and patients with this type of family history have clinical and pathologic characteristics sim... (original story)
Reason for failure of hormonal therapy of prostate cancer
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 444 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
The hormone deprivation treatment that patients with prostate cancer often take gives them only a temporary fix, with tumors commonly regaining their hold within a couple of years. Now, scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered critical differences in the hormone receptors on prostate cancer cells... (original story)
Cough medicine ingredient could treat prostate cancer
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 455 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
A study published recently in the recent issue of the European medical journal Anticancer Research demonstrates that an ingredient used in a common cough suppressant may be useful in treating advanced prostate cancer. Scientists observed that noscapine, which has been used in cough medicine for nea... (original story)
Low-income men and advanced prostate cancer
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 455 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
Low-income men are more likely to present with advanced prostate cancers, most likely because they don't receive screening services shown to reduce the diagnosis of later-stage cancers, a UCLA study found. The study focused on a group of disadvantaged men enrolled in the state's IMPACT (Improving A... (original story)
Men with wives more likely to be screened for prostate cancer
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 466 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
Eventhough the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them, as per a research studypublished in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of ... (original story)
Prostate cancer gene test provides new early detection
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 519 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
Arnhem, 16 October 2008 Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common male cancers in the Western world. Currently, early detection of PCa depends on an abnormal digital rectal examination and an elevated prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) level requiring a prostate biopsy, often linked to anxiety, ... (original story)
Age alone should not be used to determine whether to treat prostate cancer
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 541 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
Concerns regarding the association of hormone treatment used to treat prostate cancer with cardiovascular disease in some older men may lead doctors to forgo hormone therapy solely on the basis of age. But a new study by physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center shows that men over age 70 with high-ris... (original story)
Radiation plus hormone therapy in prostate cancer
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 544 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
Boston For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation therapy to anti-androgen hormone treatment reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent in comparison to those who have anti-androgen hormone therapy alone, as per a randomized study presented September 22,... (original story)
Painkillers lower levels of prostate cancer biomarker
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 557 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
Common painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen appear to lower a man's PSA level, the blood biomarker widely used by physicians to help gauge whether a man is at risk of prostate cancer. But the authors of the study, which appears online Sept. 8 in the journal Cancer, caution that men shouldn't take ... (original story)
Height linked to risk of prostate cancer development
Posted from Prostate cancer blog from m... 562 days ago
Cancer Research : Prostate Cancer
A man's height is a modest marker for risk of prostate cancer development, but is more strongly associated with progression of the cancer, say British scientists who conducted their own study on the connection and also evaluated 58 published studies. In the recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Bioma... (original story)
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