Scientists Develop New Prostate Cancer Cell Line
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have established a laboratory prostate cancer cell line they believe will become a valuable research tool in both understanding and treating prostate cancer. The new prostate cancer cell line reflects how the cancer ...
Researchers rethink prostate cancer treatment in seniors
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association helped shake up the conventional wisdom. The study, which involved some 44,000 men, found that the death risk for those who received prostate cancer treatment was nearly one-third ...
Prostate Cancer Gene Test Provides New Early Detection - Urine Test May Reduce Needless And Expensive Biopsies
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »The prostate-cancer-gene-3 (PCA3) test is a new PCa gene-based marker carried out with a urine sample. The PCA3 gene is dominant in over 95% of malignant prostate tissue compared to benign and normal prostate tissue. PCA3 is highly specific to ...
Testosterone Therapy In Hypogonadal Men And Potential Prostate Cancer Risk
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »In the online edition of the International Journal of Impotence Research, Dr. R. Shabsigh and his associates presented a systematic review of testosterone therapy for hypogonadism and its relation to prostate cancer (CaP). The data did not suggest that testosterone ...
Pomegranate Juice & Prostate Cancer
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments | No Comments »Biologically active compounds in pomegranate juice, known as ellagitannins, are known to have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. These powerful dietary antioxidants are related, chemically, to the antioxidants also found in green tea, which is another area of intense focus ...
New risk factor for prostate cancer
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »The greater the levels of a protein called Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), the greater the risk of prostate cancer, an Oxford University-led study has found. The results are published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. IGF-1 levels are influenced by ...
Watson Wins U.S. Approval for New Prostate Treatment (Update1) for New Prostate Treatment (Update1)
Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. won U.S. approval to sell a prostate enlargement treatment as the drugmaker expands beyond manufacturing generic medicines. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the once-a-day pill Rapaflo, Watson said today in a statement on PR NewsWire. The drug ...
Prostate cancer test in 10 minutes
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Scientists in Britain have developed a blood test which they claim can assess the level of a cancer marker, called Prostate Specific Antigen, in ten minutes, the Daily Mail reported. Previously, men had to wait several days for results. Now, the ...
Meat ‘ups prostate cancer risk’
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »Eating meat and dairy products may increase the risk of prostate cancer, research suggests. Such a diet raises levels of a hormone called Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) which promotes cell growth. A University of Oxford team examined the results of 12 studies, ...
A Better Blood Test For Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »New studies of a blood protein recently identified at Johns Hopkins, early prostate cancer antigen-2 (EPCA-2), may change the way men are screened for prostate cancer - a disease that kills tens of thousands of men every year. Current standards of ...