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[ send your article ] Articles 01Adding hormone therapy to radiation treatment for fast-moving prostate cancer can save lives, but the benefit often doesn't apply to men who have other serious medical problems [ read full article ] Scientists have uncovered at least 10 new genetic variations associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer. [ read full article ] One of the largest studies of its kind concludes that most older men with early prostate cancer do not shorten their survival odds if they adopt a "wait-and-see" approach to the disease [ read full article ] New research at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles indicates that an experimental vaccine can offer long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically prone to the disease [ read full article ] Researchers have found that a single prostate specific antigen (PSA) test before the age of 50 can be used to predict aggressive prostate cancer. [ read full article ] Sam Newman the football personality has had surgery to remove a prostate cancer tumour and is now waiting to hear whether the cancer has spread from the prostate to other parts of his body. [ read full article ] Testing men with prostate cancer for a substance called endoglin in their blood may help doctors know if the cancer has spread outside the gland to the lymph nodes, new research shows. [ read full article ] A compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice, [ read full article ] A recent study investigated today's prostate cancer treatments and their side effects related to possible sexual, urinary or other problems. [ read full article ] Prostate cancer behaves differently in different people. Although prostate cancer is generally slow growing, there are cases where it can growth fast and spread rapidly. In the same manner, ... [ read full article ] As noted earlier, it is important for you to have frank, open discussions with your cancer care team. They want to answer all of your questions, no matter how trivial you might think they are. [ read full article ] An experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than any other screening method currently in use, according to a study published in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research,... [ read full article ] It sounds unusual, but using the da Vinci robot to perform laparoscopic prostatectomy has many advantages compared to an open procedure and even compared to a conventional laparoscopic procedure. [ read full article ] Although most cancer survivors polled in a recent survey said they had been fearful of undergoing chemotherapy, most also said the treatments were much less trying than they had expected. [ read full article ] The use of MRI without endorectal coil can detect prostate cancer and provide undistorted images with diagnostic image quality and accurate tumor localization, according to a recent study conducted by researchers from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. [ read full article ] The choices for treating prostate cancer are bewildering, especially in the disease's early stage — the stage at which 90 percent of prostate cancer is now discovered. [ read full article ] Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have a lead role in a new public/private partnership to create the first systematic surveillance program of men with prostate cancer to look for biological clues to help determine when to wait and when to treat the disease. The project was announced by the Canary Foundation and the National Cancer Institute. [ read full article ] A recent U.S. study at Anderson Cancer Center in Houston said that men who ate diets low in saturated fat after having the prostate removed to treat cancer had better survival rates. [ read full article ] The vaccine could give hope to men with metastatic prostate cancer by activating their immune systems to fight the disease. The vaccine was developed to enable a patient's immune system to produce anti-antigens and attack cancer cells, which can improve quality of life and extend survival. [ read full article ] [ send your article ] NOTE: Issues on this site regarding men's health and their concerns, are provided for information only, and are not meant to substitute for the advice of your own physician or other medical professional. Prostate-Report.org does not endorse any specific product, service or treatment. |
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