Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Also Lower PSA, but Whether They Cut Cancer Risk is Still Not Known
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »According to researchers in the Duke Prostate Center and the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the popular cholesterol-busting drugs -- statins -- appear to lower men's prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values along with their cholesterol levels. But whether the drugs prevent ...
Doctors Test Advanced Tool for Treating Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Unveiled recently at the 2008 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, the TargetScan Touch(TM) has been tested at several of the nation's leading medical centers, including Emory University School of Medicine. Leading radiation oncologists are using the ...
No prostate benefit from vitamin E, selenium
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »The government decided to stop part of a major research of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer. The reason for this decision is because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk. Earlier smaller studies had suggested ...
Scientists Make Breakthrough Prostate Cancer Discovery
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Doctors at the George Washington Medical Center made a breakthrough that could help in the fight against prostate cancer. Scientists discovered a gene is activated in 70 percent of prostate tumors, and it's the same gene that has been found ...
Study found prostate cancer mortality higher in overweight men
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »Several past studies have suggested that men who are overweight, as measured by body-mass index (BMI), have an increased risk of prostate-cancer progression and disease-related death. Recently, a research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) found that excess bodyweight and ...
Neoadjuvant hormone therapy in localized and locally advanced prostate cancer
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Neoadjuvant hormone therapy is the use of hormone therapy immediately preceding some other form of therapeutic intervention, such as external beam radiation, brachytherapy, or radical surgery. Cochrane Urological Cancers Unit has just published a detailed review and assessment of the value ...
Cancer vaccine shows promise in patients with bowel, kidney and prostate cancer
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Analysis of data from several phase I and II clinical trials of a new cancer vaccine has shown it is capable of eliciting an immune response in most patients with bowel, kidney and prostate cancer, and that it may provide ...
The benefits of exercise for prostate cancer patients
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »Men with prostate cancer appear to have less fatigue after participating in a resistance training program. In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 155 men who were scheduled to receive androgen deprivation therapy for at least three months ...
Bevacizumab better than gold standard imaging at detecting tumors
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Scientists have developed a new imaging agent that can be used in scanning for tumours, and which gives a much clearer and more precise image than existing methods. The discovery has the potential to revolutionise pre-clinical cancer research and clinical ...
Many Options Now For Managing Prostate Symptoms, But New Surgical Techniques Are Often Over-promoted
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »In the last few years, the treatment options for prostate problems have expanded. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has assessed new treatments and warns that some new surgical techniques are being heavily promoted without ...