The introduction of PSA screening has resulted in overdiagnosis; study
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »In our days there is uncertainty regarding the effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening on the rate of prostate cancer death. There is also a little uncertainty related PSA screening effect on the rate of prostate cancer diagnosis. The majority ...
Side effects from radiation treatment given after prostate cancer surgery
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A recent study conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers has found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate. Men involved in this study received radiotherapy after a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test following surgery ...
Only aggressive prostate cancer requires treatment
Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A new study at the University of Liverpool has suggested that the majority of men with prostate cancer do not require urgent treatment as their disease is unlikely to be aggressive. Publishing their conclusions in the British Journal of Cancer, Liverpool ...
Better detection of aggressive prostate cancer
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »A study published in the British Journal of Cancer reveals Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a molecular 'flag' that predicts survival from prostate cancer at diagnosis. The research team based at the University of Liverpool measured the levels of a ...
Use of PSA and DRE tests among African Americans
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »African-American men experience greater incidence and mortality from prostate cancer compared to White men as well as men from other groups. A recent study has examined the use of the PSA test and DRE among African-American. This new report is suggesting ...
About role for curative radiotherapy in elderly
Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A research team at Institut Jean-Godinot,Reims, France, discussed the place of radiotherapy given in a curative intent in elderly patients with localised prostate cancer according to complications, local control, survival observed in a specific and a review of the literature. According ...
Immune system used to reduce prostate cancer risk
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »A research team from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre has found a novel way to reduce the genetic risk of prostate cancer. Typically, vaccines are based on specific antigens and trigger immunity for a specific pathogen. It is challenging for ...
Hopes for a killer prostate cancer test
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A University of Liverpool team has discovered a protein that predicts survival from prostate cancer at diagnosis. Scientists found the presence of heat shock protein-27 (Hsp-27) was a key marker of how prostate cancer would progress. Men who tested positive for Hsp-27 ...
Hormone therapy for treating prostate cancer leads to heart problems
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »A few smaller studies have indicated that some types of hormone therapy increase the risk of coronary heart disease and heart attacks in prostate cancer patients, but others have found no increased risk. Recently, a large research has found that hormone ...
Extensive biopsies and transurethral prostate resection in men with previous negative biopsies and high or increasing PSA
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A recent study at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, has determined the diagnostic role of an extensive biopsy protocol associated with transurethral prostate resection in patients with persistently increased or increasing prostate specific antigen without evidence of prostate cancer ...