Antisense Therapeutics trial of ATL1101 in prostate cancer shows promise
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Antisense Therapeutics Ltd. has reported further positive results from its collaborative preclinical research studies on the therapeutic potential of ATL1101 in prostate cancer. In experimental models, ATL1101 treatment significantly enhanced the tumor-suppressive effect of the cancer drug Paclitaxel. Paclitaxel is ...
Green tea may slow progression of prostate cancer
Friday, June 19th, 2009 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer | No Comments »According to a small study at the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, active compounds in green tea might slow the progression of prostate cancer. The men included in the study took four capsules a day of ...
Flower power may help treat prostate cancer
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in alternative treatments | No Comments »According to Germany's cancer-science council, a substance from the root of a flower may help treat prostate cancer, Experts at the University of Goettingen said that in laboratory tests, tectorigenin, obtained from roots of Belamcanda chinensis, stopped cancer cells growing and ...
Review of major adverse effects of androgen-deprivation therapy in men with prostate cancer.
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Researchers at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have conducted a careful literature review focused on the skeletal and cardiovascular adverse reactions to ADT (as opposed to such expected effects as loss of libido, sexual dysfunction, sweating and ...
British doctors are testing a new prostate cancer treatment
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 Posted in hifu | No Comments »British doctors are finding high-intensity focused ultrasounds or Hi-Fu destroys cancer cells without serious side effects and they now are testing a new treatment that uses the power of sound to kill prostate cancer. Traditional treatments like surgery and radiation can ...
Men do not understand the realities of prostate cancer treatment
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A newly published study appearing in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine appears to demonstrate that patients newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer grossly underestimate their life expectancy without treatment and grossly overestimate the survival benefit of ...
New approach regarding androgen deprivation therapy
Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »There is an increasing belief among at least some opinion-leaders in the prostate cancer treatment community that androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been and still is being significantly overused. Obviously every individual patient has to make his own decision about his ...
Role of MRI in assisting in the detection of prostate cancer
Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »In a recent review a urologist team highlights the important role of MRI in assisting in the detection of prostate cancer (CaP) in men with previous negative biopsies and elevated prostate-specific antigen levels. According to urologists opinion the key clinical question ...
Quality of life in younger vs. older men after radical prostatectomy
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A research team has studied the impact of age on survival after radical prostatectomy by comparing outcomes between men of < 70 (n = 526) and ? 70 years of age (n = 100) in a single prospective series. According to ...
Longer treatment is better for prostate cancer
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A research team reported on Wednesday that men with locally advanced prostate cancer are more likely to die if their doctors shorten the time they are treated with hormone-suppressing drugs. The research team, led by Dr. Michael Bolla of Grenoble University Hospital ...