Recent study suggests supplements don’t lower risk of prostate cancer
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »Experts say that two supplements which had been thought to help prevent prostate cancer do not cut the risk of getting the disease. The finding comes from the biggest study of its kind, which looked at more than 35,000 men. It ...
Proinflammatory Cytokines could help improve diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »The prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is used in detecting prostate cancer, but is not an indication of the degree of development of the disease. The researchers of the department of genetics and cell biology at the University of Alcalá (UAH) ...
Men with wifes more likely to be screened for prostate cancer
Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »According to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them. Although ...
Tool checks leaks after prostate surgery
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A diagnostic procedure used to examine the bladder can be used to detect vesicourethral leaks after prostate surgery, researchers in South Korea say. Researchers at the National University College of Medicine in Seoul said 46 patients who had prostatectomies -- prostate ...
Degarelix prostate cancer drug makes testosterone levels fall dramatically and quickly
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »More than 95 per cent of men who took degarelix for prostate cancer saw their testosterone levels fall dramatically as early as three days after they started treatment, according to a paper in the December issue of BJU International. They also ...
New Proof that Chemotherapy Promotes Cancer
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in prostate chemotherapy | No Comments »The same chemotherapy that cures a patient’s prostate cancer may increase that patient’s chances of developing cancer later in life in tissue adjacent to the original cancer, new research by the Buck Institute for Age Research indicates. Cells shut down and ...
Research to compare the effectiveness of two prostate cancer treatment procedures
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in hifu, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »Researchers are currently conducting a study to compare the effectiveness of two procedures in treating low-risk, localized prostate cancer. One of the procedures being tested is cryotherapy (freeze therapy), a commonly used minimally invasive treatment for localized prostate cancer that already ...
Five Steps To Saving Lives And Improving Men’s Experience Of Prostate Cancer By 2020
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »The Prostate Cancer Charity has launching yesterday (Monday, 1 December) a new strategy 'Transforming The Future For Prostate Cancer' - which it believes could reduce mortality rates by 30 per cent. The goals outlined in 'Transforming The Future For Prostate Cancer' ...
Prostate Cancer Promotes The Growth Of New Nerves And The Branching Axons That Carry Their Messages
Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have found that prostate cancer - and perhaps other cancers - promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their messages, As a consequence, more aggressive tumors occurs. Some previous research ...