Watchful waiting versus aggressive treatment
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer, watchful waiting | No Comments »With increasing life expectancies, improved surgical tools, and better information on patient results, many older men diagnosed with early prostate cancer are taking a pass on the traditional advice to hold off on treatment for a period of time. So-called "watchful ...
Molecules may mark a man’s prostate tumor life-threatening
Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Three molecules associated with prostate cancer might provide the long-sought markers that could discern which tumors are life-threatening and need aggressive treatment, a new study indicates. The currently hot debate about the value of screening for early detection of prostate cancer ...
The possible role of Vitamin D in development of prostate cancer
Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer prevention, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »A recent study at Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Zion, IL, USA summarizes all available epidemiological literature on the association between dietary vitamin D, circulating levels of vitamin D and sunlight exposure in relation to prostate cancer risk. To place these ...
Rethinking “watchful waiting” related to prostate cancer
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »Watchful waiting does not mean watching someone die. Many oncologists today prefer the term "active surveillance," because it more accurately describes the diligent approach to monitoring these patients, including the use of PSA blood tests, digital rectal exams and biopsies ...
Gene expression information can be used in prostate cancer prognosis
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »A recent study at University of Florida has demonstrated, in principle, that it is possible to use gene expression information to increase the accuracy of prostate cancer prognosis. Researchers conducted a computational analysis of gene expression profile data obtained from 79 ...
Don’t give up on prostate cancer screening just yet; urologists say
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »What's a guy to do? While prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing has been the standard screening tool for prostate cancer for several decades, results of a study recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine question the effectiveness of ...
Surgery improves survival for prostate cancer patients younger than 50
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »According to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital, for men younger than 50 with prostate cancer, undergoing a radical prostatectomy can greatly increase their chances for long-term survival Study results show that the surgical procedure improves the 5-, 10-, 15- ...
Preservation of erectile function during radical prostatectomy
Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A recent study involving 183 potent men has demonstrated that there is a definite association between preoperative erectile function, the results of intraoperative cavernous nerve stimulation (CaNS) at radical prostatectomy (RP), and the recovery of erectile function. However, the study also found ...
Vitamin A Linked to Lower Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »Vitamin A — also known as retinol — has been studied before for its potential as a chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer. In the past, data from studies on the association between circulating retinol concentrations and the risk of prostate ...
Aggressive Prostate Cancer Marker Discovered in Urine
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of small molecules, or metabolites, that appear to indicate aggressive prostate cancer. This new finding could lead to a simple non-invasive test that would help doctors determine which prostate ...