Prostate cancer prognosis worse in obese men
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Prostate cancer diagnosis tends to be delayed and surgical treatment more difficult in obese men than in lean men, according to two studies published Friday. The primary reason for the later diagnosis, and consequently poorer prognosis, seems to be that the ...
Options In Prostate Cancer Surgery: Perineal Prostatectomy In The Age Of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »In the age of minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic and robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy has been associated with a substantial increase in operative costs without a significant improvement in outcomes to date. As a result, there has been renewed interest in ...
Salvage Options For Biochemical Recurrence After Primary Therapy For Prostate Cancer
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostatectomy, radiation therapy | No Comments »Despite excellent success rates with radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, a significant number of patients will experience a rise in their serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. A variety of salvage options in this scenario have ...
Following Successful Completion of Final Clinical Trials a New Prostate Cancer Test is Ready for Commercialization
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Health Discovery Corporation announced that HDC's new gene-based molecular diagnostic test for prostate cancer has now successfully completed it's Phase III double-blind clinical trial and is now ready for commercialization to be used by physicians on their patients at risk ...
Estrogen patch shows promise for prostate cancer
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A preliminary research in UK suggests that a patch that delivers estrogen through the skin may prove useful in treating advanced cases of prostate cancer. UK researchers found that estrogen patches have the potential to lower testosterone levels with a lesser ...
Researchers identify promising prostate cancer drug target
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they described as a "powerhouse" that drives runaway cell growth. The researchers said the growth-stimulating molecule called p110beta ...
Erectile dysfunction may be a feature of normal aging in men
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »Erectile dysfunction may be "normal" with age, while urinary or bowel function doesn't necessarily decline with age, according to a Dutch study. Using data from more than 3,800 participants in the European Randomized Study on Screening for Prostate Cancer, a research ...
Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »An Italian research team lead by Dr. Paola Muti of the Italian National Cancer Institute, Rome, concluded that boys who reach their adult body size in their early 20s may be more prone to prostate cancer later in life than ...
Obese Men Face Twin Threat From Prostate Cancer
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate related | No Comments »The standard screening test for prostate cancer may not be accurate for obese men, leaving them more vulnerable to the disease, and surgery is less likely to be effective for them, a new pair of studies found. The study, published online ...
New Gene Combination May Cause Deadly Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate related | No Comments »Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research have found that the partnering of two genes could be responsible for up to 600 British men developing a drug resistant and potentially deadly form of prostate cancer each year. The international study, published ...