Incidence of prostate cancer among African Americans
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »The American Cancer Society (ACS) has just released its biannual publication Cancer Facts and Figures in African Americans, 2009-2010. However, publication of the complete Cancer Facts and Figures 2009, which is normally published by early February each year, has been ...
Discovery of new biomarker for fatal prostate cancer
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »In a study that appears in the February issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, researchers from University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin confirmed their earlier findings that ...
System Treats Tumors With Sub-Millimeter Accuracy
Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Cyberknife is a $4 million investment that was introduced at ETMC in November 2006. It is a collaborative effort between ETMC and Tyler Neurosurgical Associates, PA. Physicians there have ordered more than 300 Cyberknife procedures at since 2006. Cyberknife is ...
Androgen Ablation Augments Prostate Cancer Vaccine Immunogenicity Only When Applied After Immunization
Sunday, February 15th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »In the online edition of The Prostate, a group of researchers from the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at USC reported on the relationship between androgen ablation (AA) and the efficacy of vaccine immunogenicity. In the AA setting, testosterone-mediated immune suppression is ...
Few major complications after prostate radiation
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Radiation therapy "is quite safe for older patients, although it is associated with a small but measurable increase in short-term major complications," has concluded a study at University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. New research shows. This new research shows ...
Detecting Prostate Cancer
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »The right treatment for prostate cancer often depends on how aggressive the disease is. Therefore, doctors are always looking for tools to do better at predicting in advance how its going to behave, and so can tailor the advice of ...
Improved Detection of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Miraculins Inc. , a medical diagnostic company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic tests for unmet clinical needs, is pleased to announce results which demonstrate that PSP94 in urine can be used to improve the performance of free over total ...
New test offers fresh hope in fight against prostate cancer
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »A more accurate test to check the progress of treatment for advanced prostate cancer could give fresh hope to men with the disease, researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York claimed yesterday. Counting tumour cells in the ...
Regular sex can protect older men from prostate cancer
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer prevention, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »Previous research suggested that greater sexual activity was linked to a higher risk of prostate cancer, but findings from Nottingham University (published in the British Journal Of Urology International) suggest the opposite is true: that increased activity is protective for ...
Supplements and prostate cancer prevention
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »A recent article by Collins on the CalorieLab web site offers a sound summary of “where we are” with regard to the use of supplements in the prevention of prostate cancer. Perhaps surprisingly (since there are at randomized Phase III clinical trials ...