New update of active surveillance for prostate cancer
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »Active surveillance, also referred to as watchful waiting, is a viable option for many men with low risk prostate cancer although the concept continues to cause distress and confusion In a long media release recently, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), ...
Noscapine can be used as prophylactic treatment for prostate cancer
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »New collaborative research at the MedInsight Research Institute and at the University of California San Diego has revealed a major breakthrough in the use of cough medicine ingredient noscapine as a prophylactic treatment for prostate cancer. The study findings show that ...
MR-guided ablation therapy may hold promise for treatment of prostate cancer recurrences
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer, prostatectomy | No Comments »Mayo Clinic clinicians say first reported cases of promising future treatment: magnetic resonance-guided ablation (destruction) using laser thermal therapy or cryoablation to treat recurrent prostate cancer following surgery. At the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa physicians ...
Cellular defect that leads to cancer discovered
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers at University of California, San Francisco have discovered that a key cellular defect that disturbs the production of proteins in human cells can lead to cancer susceptibility. The scientists also found that a new generation of inhibitory drugs offers ...
Recommendations of the German S3 guideline related to pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical prostatectomy
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »Radical prostatectomy is the most frequently used treatment for localized prostate cancer. In a prospective randomized trial radical prostatectomy has been shown to be superior to watchful waiting. According to the German S3 guideline patients have to be informed about the ...
Multimedia software program developed to help prostate cancer patients make treatment decisions
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Mount Sinai School of Medicine is leading a study of patients newly-diagnosed with prostate cancer to determine if providing them with multimedia materials can help them make more informed treatment decisions. Prostate cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and patient has to ...
Comparative effectiveness of prostate cancer surgical treatments
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A recent study at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, compared laparoscopic prostatectomy with or without robotic assistance vs open radical prostatectomy in terms of postoperative outcomes and subsequent cancer directed therapy. Researchers investigated men 66 years old or older with ...
PSA test reduces prostate cancer deaths by 40%
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »According to Skip Lockwood, CEO of ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, The American Cancer Society is a 'false prophet' when it comes to telling the truth about the effectiveness of the PSA test." Dr. William J. Catalona of ...
Cigarette smoking may raise prostate cancer risk
Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »Pooled data from 24 studies involving 21,600 men with the disease indicates that cigarette smoking may increase a man's risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer. This study provides good evidence that prostate cancer is likely a smoking-related tumour. However, researchers call ...
Reovirus may be a novel approach to prostate cancer treatment
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »According to study results, Canadian researchers have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus. The respiratory, enteric, orphan virus (commonly known as reovirus) is a non-attenuated, environmental virus that has shown ...